After His resurrection, Jesus is revealed through the breaking of Bread or the Word of God – Lk. 24:35; Rev. 3:20. It is because He is the Word of God – Jn.1:1, 14. There are people who see the Word of God as a means to an end and not an end in itself. They see the ministry of the Word of God as a stepping stone to the real ministry, which to them, comes after the Word has been ministered. But, this is not how God wants us to see and use His Word in the kingdom system of Jesus.
In the kingdom of God, the Word of God is the end, and not a means to the end.Actually, what God want to give to you goes beyond miracles, success, fame, riches, happiness, health, ‘breakthrough’ etc. When He has given you these, He still wants to put His kingdom-words i.e. Himself into you.
So, when we have had all the good things of life, it is not over. We should still seek God’s Word because that is Himself. Heaven and earth will pass away but God’s Word or Jesus will still remain our pursuit because, even eternity is not enough to know all the dimensions of God, who is the Word.
Your attitude to the Word of God, as a minister, is so important to God that He calls for double honour to be given to those who minister it well – 1 Tim. 5:17. He also says those who deviate from the teachings of Jesus should not be entertained – 2 Jn. 8-11.
Moreover, all those who work with God would get His approval by rightly dividing His Word – 2 Tim. 2:15. Furthermore, Jesus did not commit Himself to believers who believed in Him because of seeing miracles, but to those who believed because of hearing His Kingdom-words – Jn. 2:23-25; Rom. 10:17. He even warned of dire consequences for those who add or subtract from the Words of the revelation of Jesus -Rev. 22:18-19.
Why does God seem to put a lot of premium on His Words? It is because He is His Word, and His Word is Him. You cannot separate God from His Words and vice versa.
In the kingdom system, the Word of God cannot be treated casually, just because you have a ‘successful’ ministry. Jesus prophesied that many ‘successful’ ministries would be denied in the end; probably because of not obeying the Kingdom-words that Jesus commanded us, even though we display some of His power – Matt. 28:18-20; 7:21-29.
