By: J.O. Lawal
Date: August 2026
Series: Youth for Jesus
Article: 1
As we see in the bible, when God was going to perfect everything that concerns the earth that He made, it was His word that He used. Look at what is said to us in Scriptures about this:
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.” (Gen 1:1-2NIV)
Which earth was formless and empty? The earth that God Himself created! Also, which deep had darkness all over its surface? The deep that God Himself created! So, the fact that God is the creator or author of something does not mean that the thing may not be originally formless, empty, barren or overwhelmed with darkness.
However, from what we see in this text, it is clear that God will never leave anything He creates in darkness or in a formless, empty or barren situation. On the contrary, He will keep working on it until it becomes good and perfect. No wonder Paul tells us in a letter that God who has begun a good work in us will carry it on till the day of the Lord Jesus Christ. In other words, He will not abandon His good works in us but will surely perfect it. (Cf. Philippians 1:6)
Now we see this illustrated for us in the account given to us in Genesis 1 about how God perfected the earth He created. When God first created it, it was formless, empty and full of darkness. But then, He began to speak to it. Yes, He began to say to it what He wanted to see in it. And as He began to do this, everything He was saying was happening and the earth was being beautified and perfected. So, by the sixth day of creation, the earth had become so beautiful that the first man God made could happily live in it.
What is that telling us? It is telling us that the word of God works. It is telling us that His word is not inoperative or powerless. Rather, it is able to produce whatever He says that it should produce. In fact, He Himself has said this to us about His word:
“As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.” (Isa 55:10-11NIV)
Did you see that? God’s word will never return to Him empty. No, it will never return to Him without accomplishing what He desires and achieving the purpose for which He has sent it. Why? The reason is that He Himself is watching over it to fulfil it (Jer 1:12).
Therefore, if I can just get to know His word concerning my situation and speak it to it, it will work. Yes, it will make my situation conform to His will. That is because He Himself will watch over what I have said, which is His word, to fulfil it.
Am I, then, learning His word concerning the various situations of my life, so that I may speak it to them? And am I speaking His word that I know about the various situations of my life to them, so that they can conform to His will and bring about the perfection of my life?
See, we don’t have to wait for God to personally speak to the situations of our lives. That is because we ourselves can speak to those situations, if we know His word concerning them. In fact, God expects us to speak to the situations of our lives ourselves once we know His word concerning them. He told Moses to speak to a mountain to bring forth water out of it. And He told Jesus to tell us to speak His word to any mountain of our lives and expect that mountain to respond. That is because His word works. (Cf. Num 20:8; Mark 11:22-23)
So, if we want to see a perfection of everything that concerns our lives, we had better not be waiting around for God to be personally speaking His word into them, when we ourselves can take His word that we know and speak them into our lives. Instead, we should begin to tirelessly speak His word to every aspect of our lives where we want to see perfection. And His word will work there and give us great testimonies of His goodness to share with others. This, of course, depending on the situation we are dealing with, may take days, weeks, months or years, as it also took God some days to perfect the earth He created. But His word that we speak to our situations will surely work.
Prayer nugget
Father, I thank you because your word always works. Teach me to always learn and speak it to the various situations of my life, so that my life will be exactly all that you want it to be.
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