The Quick and Powerful Word

By Larry Doyle Crenshaw

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More than text upon a hallowed page

More than a linguistic expression

Articulated for an ancient or future age

God’s Word chisels an enduring impression

There is something about divine language that is different from other communication.  The writer of Hebrews describes it this way, “For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.” (Hebrews 4:12).  

Thus, God’s word is a living, potent force which conveys supernal powers.

For the person who has learned to read and love God’s message, His word has the power to save, to heal, to lift up, and to exalt.  To others, who have taken a lower, downward path, God’s language cuts deeply into the conscience and down into a guilty soul.  Hence, the reading and application of God’s word becomes a barometer by which the weather of the soul is measured – sunny and bright, or cloudy, dark and overcast.

We pray that the Word of God may be a quick and powerful lighting the way for each of us in an ever-darkening world.

May the Word save us from undue misery and pain

And land our souls in the straight and narrow route

Where the road is found well-lit, and true and plain

Leading to God’s kingdom, from which we go no more out

 The Quick and Powerful Word

Yea, we see that whosoever will may lay hold upon the word of God, which is quick and powerful, which shall divide asunder all the cunning and the snares and the wiles of the devil, and lead the man of Christ in a strait and narrow course across that everlasting gulf of misery which is prepared to engulf the wicked—  And land their souls, yea, their immortal souls, at the right hand of God in the kingdom of heaven, to sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and with Jacob, and with all our holy fathers, to go no more out.

Book of Mormon  Helaman 3:29-30

More than text upon a hallowed page

More than a linguistic expression

Articulated for an ancient or future age

God’s Word chisels an enduring impression

Like a powerful sword whose sharp edges

Rift the devil’s cunning snares and wiles

God’s Word quickly removes the devil’s wedges

That inflict tribulation, troubles, and trials

As we apply the Word, line upon line in stages

We become a child of Christ - a sanctified soul

To enjoy the company of saints and ancient sages

From Adam to Abraham and all the prophets of old

May the Word save us from undue misery and pain

And land our souls in the straight and narrow route

Where the road is found well-lit, and true and plain

Leading to God’s kingdom, from which we go no more out

Larry Doyle Crenshaw