His Word is Your Authority

 

 

What occurred the same day Jesus taught the disciples the principles of the seed of God’s Word?

 

Mark 4:35 says: “On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, ‘Let us go across to the other side.’”

 

I don’t know if Jesus was testing them, but He gave them a seed. He said, “Let us go across to the other side” (Mark 4:35). He didn’t say, “Let us go halfway and drown.” The disciples received a seed from the lips of their Master. 

 

What happened? A two-hour boat trip turned into a fight for their lives. Instead of using the seed their Master had given them, they reacted in fear to their circumstances. They did all they could do in the natural and then became upset with the Lord. 

 

“Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?” (Mark 4:38).

 

Jesus was with them in an open boat full of water (Mark 4:37). He was well aware of their predicament, yet he tried to sleep. They wanted Him just to wake up and do something.

 

How did Jesus respond to them? Did He apologize and say, “I was exhausted.” Instead, He said in verse 40: “Why are you so afraid? Have you still no faith?”

 

Jesus was telling them they didn’t need Him to still the storm. If they had believed the Words He had given them, He would not have had to speak peace to the storm (Mark 4:39). They would have had peace produced from within their own hearts, and the storm would have calmed.

 

The Lord fulfilled His part by providing them with the seed of His Word. Their responsibility was to take the seed and use it. Instead, they doubted Jesus’ love for them and believed He wasn’t doing His part. Similarly, we often ask the Lord, “Don’t You love me? Why aren’t You healing me or helping me?”

 

God has done His part; He has given us the Word. The ball is in our court. What are we going to do with it? Look at healing. What are we going to do with His healing promises? Are we going to plant His healing words in our hearts? Jesus taught that when we sow the seed of His Word in our hearts, it germinates and produces fruit. Healing is the fruit of His Word in us.

 

Many Scriptures tell us that God’s Word is healing to us. These are just two:

 

“For they (His words) are life to those who find them, and healing to all their flesh” (Proverbs 4:22).

 

“He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions” (Psalms 107:20).

 

Someone can indeed experience miraculous healing without sowing God’s Word in their heart. Healing can occur through the prayers of believers and those endowed with the gift of healing (1 Corinthians 12:9), but it is not the best God offers. We should never hesitate to seek help; however, the most effective way to achieve healing is to embrace God’s words of healing and embed them in our hearts until they unleash their life-giving power within us.

 

The law of seedtime and harvest operates in every aspect of our lives. If we plant God’s Word in our hearts and allow the seed to germinate and its fruit to mature, we will reap a bountiful harvest. That is God’s best! Plant the seed of His Word in your heart before you encounter a crisis that requires its power to calm your storm. 

 

His Word is your authority. His Word is life.

 

 

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