Psalm 107: 20 ‘He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions. ‘
DAILY READING • Revelation 13; Esther 3-4; Psalm 106:1-23

Recently on March 11, 2019, there was a News report in ‘The New Zealand Herald’, that a man survived hours lost at sea by turning his jeans into a flotation device.
According to the report, a German tourist, named Arne Murke was knocked off a 12-meter yacht, in which he had been sailing with his brother in Tolaga Bay, New Zealand.
The brothers were delivering the yacht from Auckland to Brazil when disaster struck The yacht’s mainsheet came loose, causing the boom to swing around and knock Murke overboard into the water.  Murke found himself floating in the water not wearing any life jacket, just his T-shirt and jeans..  It was a drastic situation  and with no help in sight, Murke knew he may soon drown. The situation was beginning to look hopeless, when Murke remembered a survival trick he’d seen used by US Navy SEALs. And so he took a deep breath, took out his jeans, made knots at the end of the legs and inflated the jeans. He pulled it over water, got air inside and then pushed it under water. It became like an improvised life vest. This inflated jeans kept him afloat on the water for three hours until help arrived. Murke was eventually saved by a rescue helicopter. However, if Murke had not turned his jeans into a flotation device, he may not have been alive  when help arrived. He survived because he had knowledge of what to do. Unfortunately, there had been other people at one time or the other who drowned at sea while wearing their jeans because they lacked the knowledge of how to turn it into a lifesaver. 

In the same way, there is power embedded in God’s Word for man’s deliverance, yet many carry the Bible about having no idea of the power within God’s Word.  Some people have suffered all kinds of torments, some even lost their lives, while the Bible lay under their pillow or by their bedside. They had not known how to apply the knowledge of The Word to enforce their freedom.
Hosea 4:6 says ‘My people perish for lack of knowledge’
We need a working knowledge of God’s Word to survive the deep waters of this life. We need to know how to apply The Word to secure our deliverance. God’s Word is our ticket to freedom from every demonic harassment. Through the power in God’s Word, we can be healed from any infirmity and delivered from destructions.
Psalm 107: 20 says ‘He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions. ‘
Indeed there is power in God’s Word to heal us and deliver us. You cannot be carrying the Bible around and still be drowning in the problems of life. There is a solution to every situation and an answer to every question of life in God’s Word. It is therefore time to open it and seriously seek the knowledge contained therein. Until the book is opened weeping will continue [Revelations 5:4].
Indeed there is an answer to every problem in God’s Word. Sit down and go for a search. With the help of The Holy Spirit, you will surely find the answer. And when you find it there shall be a reward and your expectations shall not be cut short.

PRAYER: Lord, Please enable me to take up the spiritual responsibility of diligently studying Your Word. As I study, please open my eyes to behold the wondrous things that You have stored up for me within Your Word in Jesus Name.
QUOTE
Faith is more than just believing, it is acting upon The Word that you believe.