God Means What He Says~

Greetings :)

The topic of blessings is still weighing heavily in many of our minds. I shared how both my kids were called names when they were growing up. But it was my son, in particular, who went through a really rough period in eighth grade. Now that he is a full grown 26-year-old man, I can share this story.

One of his teachers, God bless her soul, made the mistake of calling him "Gorgeous Jorge," and this started an almost year-long tirade against him where some of the other boys would call him all sorts of names--disgusting, foul, cruel, and crude names.

On and on this taunting went. At first, Hormone didn't say anything, but one day my spidey sense started tingling, and I knew something was up.

I felt like there was a war going on. Me trying to reaffirm him so he wouldn't be traumatized; and the bullies doing their daily best to take him to a breaking point.

I was determined that my son would not--I REPEAT--would not succumb to the bullying. He would not be labeled, or have his sexuality questioned, or feel inferior.

So I pulled out the big guns. Fighting fire with fire is the human inclination. But God has a better way. A higher way. A sure-fire way to bring victory.

Hebrews 4:12 "God means what He says. What He says goes. His powerful Word is sharp as a surgeon’s scalpel, cutting through everything...Nothing and no one is impervious to God’s Word. We can’t get away from it—no matter what."

In other words, taunts and name-calling hurt those who they're aimed at. Sometimes all it takes is one insult, and we carry the sting for the rest of our life. We develop a thick skin and let no one in. But if mere human words have such a profound effect, how much more does God's Word affect us? God's Word is powerful. Nothing can get in it's way, and no one can get away from it. Not an eighth grader who is being teased and not an eighth grader who teases.

Check out this amazing portion of scripture: Deuteronomy 28:1-12

You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country. The fruit of your womb will be blessed, and the crops of your land and the young of your livestock—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks. Your basket and your kneading trough will be blessed. You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out. The LORD will grant that the enemies who rise up against you will be defeated before you. They will come at you from one direction but flee from you in seven. The LORD will send a blessing on your barns and on everything you put your hand to. The LORD your God will bless you in the land He is giving you. Then all the peoples on earth will see that you are called by the name of the LORD, and they will fear you. The LORD will open the heavens, the storehouse of His bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations but will borrow from none. The LORD will make you the head, not the tail.

I am going to stop this DEVO right now and ask you all to print out the passage from Deuteronomy. Bless your family with the Word of the Lord today. If you aren't as pushy as me and can't physically put your hand on them, by all means go to their pillow and pray over them there. Go into your closet and pray for them there.

PRAYER: Dear Lord, What You say goes--You and no one else or nothing else has the final word in our life. Strengthen us today to bless those we love, and thank You that Your word will go straight to their heart and help them. In Jesus' name, AMEN~