The Bible is a unique book, it may gather dust on a bookshelf, yet its pages can literally come to life for the person who opens them. It is documented that in the last 50 years it has outsold other books, having sold 3.9 billion copies.

One of the most puzzling statements in the Bible is that Jesus Christ is actually called, THE WORD OF GOD. The full understanding of this fact is certainly beyond my own comprehension. Learned theologians do make commentaries on its meaning; namely, that God has spoken to us by sending his Son, who becomes the full expression of himself, God SPEAKS to us by his SON!

Jesus gives us a hint when he said his words are SPIRIT & LIFE! Most of us would have heard of the work of Gideons International, who distribute Bibles, placing them in hotels, hospitals, prisons etc. But what may not be so well known is that persons who have been at a point of extremity in their lives have opened one of these Bibles and the WORD has come alive speaking to them personally!

In the Bible God’s word is likened to a seed. The horticulturist understands the different ways of reproducing plants; one method is from the seed. The seed is a result of sexual reproduction in embryonic form. Given the right germination environment it will grow into a new plant with the same DNA as the parents. This helps us to understand that when we receive Christ, we become a new creation. Locked up within a seed is all the potential, shape and character of the plant. The ‘seed life’ potential of Jesus is within us, he is the WORD OF GOD!

Ref. Backyard Gardner-What’s in a seed? JOHN 6:63 NIV.