Job 14:7-9  
  “For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant. ”
DAILY READING Mark 10:1-31; 2 Samuel 23; Hosea 3
In the early 1960’s, during excavations at the site of Herod’s palace in Israel, archeologists unearthed a small stockpile of seeds.  It was  stowed in a clay jar dating back 2,000 years. Believing that the seed would be no good after all that time, scientists abandoned them in a drawer at Tel Aviv’s Bar-Ilan University. 

But after four decades, in 2005, a botanical researcher decided to plant one of the seeds and see what, if anything, would sprout. And amazingly, the multi-millennial seed did sprout. It produced a sapling no one had seen in centuries, becoming the oldest known tree seed to germinate.

The ancient palm tree, the seed produced has aptly been named Methuselah. Genetic tests indicate that Methuselah is most closely related to an ancient variety of date palm from Egypt known as Hayany. There is strong belief that it is one of the plant species, the Israelites brought back from Egypt, during the exodus. Today methuselah, is a living archeological treasure. It continues to grow and thrive; In 2011, it even produced its first flower, — a heartening sign that the ancient survivor was eager to reproduce. This ancient plant is helping researchers to gain a unique glimpse back in time to the kind of fruits that were eaten in the past.  

The sprouting of this 2000 years old seed is indeed amazing. Despite how long it had been dormant, it simply came alive through introduction to water. This validates what the Bible says in Job 14:7-9 ‘For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant’ 

“Water” in the above verse refers to the Word of God, because Ephesians 5:26 says ‘That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word’ So water speaks of The Word of God. And just as that 2000 year old seed sprouted, once it encountered water, the same way, an encounter with God’s Word will cause any dormant situation to come alive, The Word of God can bring about new beginnings. 

God’s Word is indeed pregnant with wonders.  Anything can happen at the instance of The Word. Miracles, signs and wonders can spring forth from any dead situation once The Word of God is introduced. There is no situation so dead that The Word of God cannot revive it. 

In Ezekiel 37, in the valley of dry bones, the situation had looked totally hopeless.  But once the prophet began to release The Word of God, there was a shaking. At the coming of The Word of God, things began to move. Suddenly, those age old dry bones came alive and became a mighty army.

In Matthew 8, the Centurion, who came to Jesus, realized that there is revival power in The Word. This is why he said ‘ just speak the Word only and my servant shall be healed.’ And the Bible says that as the Word went forth, his servant was healed in the selfsame hour. 

There is no situation so dead that The Word of God cannot bring back alive. There is no situation so old that The Word of God cannot revive.

Do you need a change in your situation? Do you want to see a turn-around in any area of your life? 

Then The Word of God is what you need.  Or perhaps do you feel the situation is already hopeless? Has the doctors said there is nothing more they can do? 

Again, God’s Word is your answer. 

Psalm 107:20 says God sent His Word, and healed them and delivered them from their destructions.

The Word of God will heal you and deliver you from any form of destruction.

God and His Word are the same, and just as nothing is impossible to God, so also nothing is impossible to The Word of God. 

However, we must understand that the promises of scriptures places a responsibility on us. We must do whatever God has asked us to do if we are to see His promises manifested. And to experience the power of God’s Word, we must take up the responsibility of consciously feeding on it daily.   

The Word of God is indeed full of wonders. But for our eyes to be opened to see these wonders stored up in the Word for us, we must take up the responsibility of consciously studying it daily. 

PRAYER: Lord, by the power from your Word let every dead situation  in my life be revisited and revived, let the good seed You have planted within me come alive for manifestation in this season in Jesus Name.   
QUOTE 

The study of The Word will keep  shame and disgrace far from you.

 [ADAPTED FROM THE BOOK FAITH CLASSICS]