Word of God Prosperous
by G. C. Morgan
My Word . . . goes forth out of My mouth; it shall not return unto me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I desire, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I send it (Isaiah 55:11).
The Word of God takes hold of human life and changes it by "becoming incarnate in it, communicates power; it makes a new wealth of seed which may be scattered still further afield." G. Campbell Morgan adds, "From every life re-made and sanctified by the Word of God, there must go forth the seed that will affect yet other fields and stretch out toward consummating glory of the final harvest." The Word of God is purposeful, powerful and prosperous. Morgan continues,
The Word of God is prosperous. It is so because it is His Word. "It shall not return unto Me void, but it shall . . . accomplish . . . prosper . . ." The word "accomplish" means it does something, it makes something, it realizes something; and the Hebrew word "prosper" literally means it "pushes forward." It is a great dynamic force. It is prosperous, moreover, by selection. ". . . that which I please, . . . the thing whereto I sent it."
. . . The earth must be prepared; take heed how you hear. The seed must be sown; preach the Word. The bread must be eaten; let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly.
Take heed how you hear. In all tenderness and yet with great earnestness and great conviction, I would sound that word in the hearing of all. Take heed how you hear. How shall we hear? Prayerfully, obediently, and in faith. The spirit of criticism never produces the result of power. Let us pray that in our lives God will plow up the fallow ground, give us the receptive heart, the child heart, willingness to hear and learn, deliver us from preconceived notions and prejudice, make us ready when He speaks to obey, make us simple-hearted at His feet, for as the rain and snow demand an earth plowed, broken, prepared, so does the Word of God demand a condition in those who hear, if it is to bring forth a harvest.
The true seed must be sown, and it must be by the preaching of the Word if the work is to be done. We are not to criticize the Word of God, not to account for the Word of God, not to defend the Word of God. We are to preach it and hear it. . . The final preaching of the Word is not that of the lips but that of the life. Fundamentally the Word is the seed in the hearts of men, but functionally for the sake of the world, the seed is the sons of the Kingdom, the men in whom the Word has had its true effect.
Finally, the Word, the bread that comes, must be eaten or the toiler will grow weak. We are to let this Word of Christ dwell in us, take it into our life. The Word must come into the intellect, the emotion, the will; and when we take the Word of God into our whole life and answer its every claim, then in that moment God's purpose will be fulfilled in us (The Westminster Pulpit, Vol. ix, pp. 278-79).
Turn to Me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other. I have sworn by Myself, the word has gone forth from My mouth in righteousness and will not turn back, that to me every knee will bow, every tongue will swear allegiance (Isaiah 45:22-23).