THERE'S A LOT MORE!

"Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people"
(Psalm 96:3).

We know how important it is to hide God's Word in our heart, don't we? We understand how imperative it is to make sure our children get God's Word in their hearts. I'm sure you have taught your children Psalm 119:11: "Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I night not sin against thee."

I agree with the old saying: "Sin will keep you from God's Word, or God's Word will keep you from sin."

However, IT'S NOT ENOUGH! There's MORE! God not only wants us and our children to hide His Word in our hearts and souls. He wants it to come out of our mouths, our hands, and our feet-out of every part of our being. We are God's living letters, to be known and read by all men (2 Corinthians 3:2). It's only when it affects every part of our body that it truly works in our lives. Let's check it out:

OUR MOUTHS

God gives a mandate to us and our children and children's children in Isaiah 59:21: "As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My Spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy MOUTH, shall not depart out of thy MOUTH, nor out of the MOUTH of thy seed, nor out of the MOUTH of thy seed's seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and forever." I don't think we could get the vision any clearer than that, do you?

It is only what we speak that we keep. "I believed; therefore have I spoken" (Psalm 116:10 and 2 Corinthians 4:13). We are born again into God's family, not only by believing, but by confessing that Jesus is Lord (Romans 10:9, 10). We must speak God's Word and His truths out loud with our mouths for them to become part of our lives. And how can we pass them on to the next generation and to others if they don't not flow out of our mouths?
 
OUR FEET

David confessed in Psalm 119:59, 60: "I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies. I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments." God's Word got into his feet. It kept his feet from evil. God wants to get His Word into our feet to work out in our lives, too. Instead of sitting on the sofa with our feet up (except when we are nursing babies, reading stories to our children, and talking to them of God's ways which are great works) our feet walk around the house to make things happen and keep it in ship shape. They walk to people who need our help and encouragement.

When God's Word gets into the feet of our children they will not want to walk in the way of evil or worldly places. They'll walk a straight path. We'll know when they have got God's truth when we see them walking in righteousness.

OUR HANDS

When we read God's Word, our hearts burn within us. But it can't stay in our hearts. We lift up our hands with praise to God for His wonderful commandments. In response to reading about our great God we lift up our hands in worship. David said in Psalm 119:48: "My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved."

God wants His Word to be so practical in our lives that it comes out of our hands. As mothers, we minister God's love from our hands all day long as we
caress babies, hug children, nurture children, hug our husbands, and work hard with our hands to make our home a delightful place. Cooking, baking, cleaning, shopping, and caring for our children are the practical outworking of God's living Word (Psalm 128:3; 1 Timothy 2:15; 5;14; Titus 2:3-5 and many others).

We can also write or type God's Words to bring encouragement to others. In Psalm 66;16 the psalmist says: "I will declare what he hath done for my soul." The word declare means to be a scribe. He not only confessed God's goodness, but He wrote about it. Write about God's Word and His Word to people to encourage and bless them.

May we let God's Word flow out of every part of our being today.

Be encouraged,

Nancy Campbell

Painting by Sharon Wilson.

PRAYER:

"Dear Father, I want to fill my heart with Your Word but I also want to have
my mouth filled with Your Word too. I want it to flow from me, from my
mouth, my hands my feet, and my very being. Amen."

AFFIRMATION:

I will be a Word-confessor, a Word-declarer, a Word-writer, and a Word-doer.

FOR THE BEREANS (those who love to search the Word):
Further Scriptures for to check out. You may like to take a few Scriptures
each day and look them up and talk about them with your children.

Hide God's Word in your heart and soul:
Psalm 119:11, 80, 111, 112, 129, 145, 161, 167.

Confess God's Word with your mouth:
Deuteronomy 4:9; 6:6, 7; 11:18, 19; 30:14; 31:19, 21; Joshua 1:8; Psalm
9:11; 18:49; 22:22; 40:9, 10; 66:16; 71:17; 78:1-7; 96:3; 107:21, 22;
116:10; 119:2, 3, 13, 27, 43, 46, 171, 172; 145:4-7; Isaiah 12:4-6; 38:19;
43:10-12; 44:8; Joel 1:3; Matthew 10:32, 33; 24:14; 28:19-20; Mark 16:15;
Luke 12:8; John 12:42; Acts 1:8; 4:19, 20, 29; 5:20, 40-42; 8:37; 14:3;
20:27; 22:15; 26:22; Romans 10:9, 10, 14, 15; 15:9; 2 Corinthians 4;13;
Colossians 4:6; 1 Thessalonians 2;1-4; 1 Timothy 6;12; 2 Timothy 2;12, 25;
4:2; Hebrews 4:14; 10:23; 11:13; 1 Peter 3:15; 1 John 1:1-5; 4:2, 3, 15; and
Revelation 12:11.

Walk out God's Word with your feet:
Deuteronomy 5:33; 8:6; 10:12; 19:9; 26:17; 28:9; 30:16; Psalm 37:31; 44:18;
81:13; 86:11; 119:32, 59, 60, 101, 105, 133; 128:1; Isaiah 2:2, 3; 30:21;
Jeremiah 6:16; 11:7, 8; 13:10; 44:23; Ezekiel 18:17; 20:19; 36:26, 27; Micah
4;2; Matthew 7:21; James 1:22, 2 John 1:6; and 3 John 1:3, 4.

Write or type  God's Words with your hands:
Deuteronomy 6:9; 11:20; 17:18, 19; and Jeremiah 30:2.