Formation of the Word of God

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. And the Word became flesh and tabernacled among us (and we beheld His glory, glory as of the only Begotten from the Father), full of grace and reality. John 1:1, 14

Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus. Philippians 2:5

God’s Word is a Person, Jesus Christ.  God’s word is Christ. God’s intention is to make us His words. As much as Jesus is the living word of God, God intends that we, His believers, also be the living word of God. But the fact is, we are we, and He is He. How can His word become us and we become His word? It is possible only through the constitution of the Holy Spirit.

The Constitution of the Holy Spirit

When the Holy Spirit does His work in us thoroughly, our experiences become God's experiences; our words become God's words; our minds become God's mind, and our speaking becomes God’s speaking. In fact, when we and God are intimately related through His dealings, we become the ministers of God in the New Testament ministry. The inward constitution of the Holy Spirit makes God’s words our own subjective words. In this way, our words were formed by God within us. For this, the Holy Spirit has to work on us for a long period of time. The result of the prolonged dealings of God we have been experiencing will be that our words will be the result of all the experiences we have been through. We must be God’s word today. Our words are based on the amount of experiences we have before the Lord.  

Sources of the Words 

The main source of the word of God being formed in us is God Himself; the word becoming flesh in us. The means through which the word is being incarnated in us are the experiences of the discipline of the Holy Spirit through many dealings, trials, discipline, pains, defeats, darkness, etc., we have been sovereignly allowed to go through in the environment arranged by the Lord. All these are the invisible divine visitations of God to us, His beloved, to transform us and conform us into the image of His firstborn Son, Jesus Christ. Therefore, good or bad, all things indeed work together for good. If we know the reason behind all our troubled environment, we must thank and praise the Lord, for it is the Lord who is working Himself into us.

All these experiences we have been going through over a period of time are like the fire of God burning and baking us. These experiences are the thorns in the flesh, the messenger of Satan allowed by God to perfect us.  When we are under such grace, we must not murmur, complain nor fight against the discipline of the Holy Spirit, rather yield ourselves fully to Him, and give Him the full ground to do whatever He wants to in us. Our legitimate and fitting response should be to fully surrender to the Almighty Physician who is doing His almighty spiritual operation in us. We should simply pray, “Lord, I am willing to surrender. I will no longer struggle.” As we yield to Him in this way, our spirit becomes enlightened. As we are made aware of what is happening, we begin to see the light, and the light brings in the word.  A word today, another word another day, and finally a complete sentence, then a paragraph, then a chapter, and even a book of our story in Christ. 

Result of Dealings

The result of the discipline of the Holy Spirit in His constituting work in us will be that we will be ushered into the light. We will be enlightened to see the light of God. This light will bring in the life of God. We will be a person full of light and we will be able to minister life to people. Our words and works will be full of power and authority, not of our own, but of the Lord's who have been wrought into our being.  We will be full of revelation when we come to the word and our word will be a revelation to people. Therefore, our utterances will also be of the Lord's, full of life and light. We become the word of God. Our mind will be one with Christ's mind, our words will be one with Christ's word, and our speaking becomes God's speaking. In fact, we represent God in our words.

All the experiences that we have been accumulating for years through the dealing of the Holy Spirit will become our rich deposit, our heavenly treasure. We can then minister to others what we have cultivated in our spirit, in our heavenly storehouse. Then, the lessons we learned in the depths of the valley can be announced on the heights for others to benefit from. 

The Goal of the Word of God

The goal of the word of God formed is for us to know Christ and to make Christ known to others. Wherever we are, whoever we meet, we will spontaneously flow out the word of Christ making Christ known to believers and unbelievers alike. To believers, a deeper knowledge and revelation of Christ will be made known. To unbelievers, the saving grace of Christ will lead them to Christ unto their salvation.

Hallelujah, our life will also have been transformed through the constituting work of the Holy Spirit! Therefore, we will no longer trust in ourselves; no more self confidence. Our words will be weighty, full of depth and maturity, and they will never be shallow any longer. And we will not dread any trials that may come our way, rather we will take the lead to suffer in all kinds of trials.

Lord, grace me to be under the discipline and constituting work of the Holy Spirit for the formation of Your word in me.