Fire and Hammer

The Word of God as Fire and Hammer

Is not My word thus—like fire, declares Jehovah, and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces. Jer. 23:29

Note on fire and hammer from the Holy Bible, Recovery Version

On the positive side, the word of God, as a grain of wheat (v. 28), dispenses God as life into us to nourish us.On the negative side, the word as fire burns us and many of the things in which we have confidence, and the word as a hammer breaks down our self, our natural life, our flesh, our lusts, and our concepts.

As we pray-read these verses in our pursuing one morning, the Lord impressed me deeply about the function on the word of God as fire and hammer. It was indeed the Lord's timely speaking and I needed it so much both on the positive as well as the negative aspect. The word as fire to burn me of all my tin and drowse and sanctify me wholly and make me holy. Even as the word as a hammer I need the Lord to break me of all that I am and be rebuilt with Himself by His life and nature. As the instant speaking of the Lord, I ministered the same to the saints serving with me.

The following Lord's day when I visited a family for shepherding, the Lord's instant speaking was on this matter of the word as fire and hammer, and the family was so nourished. We had a wonderful time of fellowship and prayer with testimonies of the family in how the word as fire and hammer applied to them.

Few days later, in another family, the Lord burdened me to minister on the same truth again. The family too was nourished with the word. The same message I posted in some of the WhatsApp groups I am in, and some re-posted and forwarded it to more people.

The instant speaking of the Lord is so sweet, cherishing and nourishing too. And when echoed with the Lord's supply, it supplies life to the listeners. 

Lord, I need more of Your word as fire and hammer!