Treasuring God's Word To You

Treasuring God’s Word to You

CCCAG, Father’s Day 2021

Scripture: Luke 2:19

Back in late October and early November I started to think and plan for this month series of messages revolving around the Christmas season. It's always one of the great challenges of ministry to be able to come up with new and interesting ways of speaking on subjects like Christmas in new and relevant ways.

I went to the word of God and read through all the scriptures pertaining to the events of the birth of Jesus looking for the Holy Spirit to point out what HE would want me to say to his church at this day and hour. I felt very drawn to two scriptures, that say the same thing about two different events in the life of Jesus.

Let’s just look at the first one-

It involves Mary’s response to the shepherds coming to visit Jesus as a newborn in Bethlehem and all the things that they said the angels had told them about the birth of a king.

In Luke Chapter 2, in verses 8-15 it talks about the shepherds keeping watch over their flocks by night. They are treated to a sudden angelic choir proclaiming the birth of the savior in sounds and lights so bright it would put any modern concert to shame. The shepherds are overjoyed and rush to Bethlehem to see this great site. They come to the stable, worship the infant Jesus, and tell Mary and Joseph everything they had seen and heard, and then in verse 19, there is a small verse most people may overlook-

Luke 2:19

But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.

NIV

Prayer

Premise-

I want to talk to you this morning about treasuring God’s word to you.

God still speaks to us today, and God has a word for each one of us. That word is meant to be the guiding light of our lives. It casts light on a specific path that God has for you and helps you to see when all else around you grows dark.

That WORD is your fuel, your guidepost, and your purpose in HIS Kingdom.

You treasure up that word and bury it deep within your heart.

Now-

It may come supernaturally through a God speaking to you like he did Mary by sending Gabriel to tell her she would be the mother of the Messiah.

It can come jumping out at you while you read God’s word- the bible.

It can come through a person or circumstance in life that speaks to your heart.

It can come through recognizing a need that has to be met, and God gives you a passion to see it through.

No matter how it comes to you, there are a few things you need to do to protect it.

The first thing is-

I. Know that the enemy will try to steal it

In Matthew chapter 13 Jesus gives a parable about a farmer who goes out and scatters his seed. the seed represents the word of God and as the farmer is scattering his seed Jesus comments on several different things that can choke out the effectiveness of the word of God. One of the ways that the seed does not take root is that the enemy comes and steals it away from you.

This most often happens when you receive some type of revelation from God and then immediately it seems like all the gates of hell open up in your life.

An example from my own life-

God had been speaking to me about going into the ministry. this culminated during a church service where he directly spoke to me to begin the study to show myself approved and become a minister. I told Tammie and I told my pastor about it and then just let it sit.

When you receive the word of God you'll have this

sense of joy this

sense of promise

this new dream that is put within your head and heart can put you on a spiritual high for a long time.

The thing about receiving a supernatural word from the Lord is that you're not the only person that hears it. Very often that word from the Lord will cause a reaction within the Kingdom of darkness to come and snatch that word away from you and replace it with fear doubt and unbelief.

The enemy knows the potential power that WORD can have in your life, and he will do everything he can to snatch it away from you before it really takes root.

Soon after I received that call to ministry, I was serving at the church for a musical that we were putting on that saw many people come to saving faith in Jesus. I remember getting home on the last night and I was on a super spiritual high. Then I opened the door and found that our apartment had been broken into and ransacked. I don't think we lost anything of major value- a few minor electronic things and most interestingly our vacuum cleaner.