"For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, and do not return there, but water the earth, and make it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; it shall not return to Me void, but it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it."
Isaiah 55:10-11
I was meditating on these verses this past week. God's Word does not return void (empty). It always accomplishes what He sent it forth to accomplish. So often I speak words in vain. There are times I speak and nothing results from my words. Not too long ago I wrote a lengthy e-mail to someone to offer counsel on a trial they were going through. My e-mail programme crashed and I lost the e-mail. That meant 30 minutes of work lost instantly. I sensed my typing was in vain and I set out to retype it.
Unfortunately we can project our own vain efforts onto the Lord. Since we can do things in vain we often times subconsciously approach God as if He suffers the same limitations. However, God's Word is never ineffective or in vain. The purpose it accomplishes is His purpose, which may not be in accord with our own.
To help see how effective His Word going forth from His mouth, accomplishing His work, and returning to Him when the work is fulfilled, we look to Jesus!
Jesus is the Word of the Father (John 1:1). The Father sent Jesus (John 17:3). Jesus accomplished the work that He was sent to accomplish (John 19:30). Jesus returned to the Father (Eph 4:10). The Word of God did not return to Him void, but accomplished what God pleased (Isa 53:10).
As we speak God's Word to people and God's Word is spoken to us, let us acknowledge that God will use it. It may not be in the way we think, however we know it will be as the Father pleases and will not return to Him empty.
Two years ago there was a "documentary" produced by the Discovery Channel called "The Lost Tomb of Jesus". The "documentary" would lead the viewer to believe that Jesus never rose from the dead. The film maker who made it had come to his conclusion before viewing any evidence.
