Place for the Word (February 22, 2026)

February 22, 2026
Place for the Word (February 22, 2026)




Sunday Morning, February 22, 2026

Place for the Word

Passages: John 8:37; Psalm 51:6; Psalm 119:11; Jeremiah 15:16; Colossians 3:16; John 8:47; Luke 6:46; Matthew 7:24; Psalm 119:42; Matthew 24:35; 1 Kings 8:56; Psalm 119:105; Psalm 19:7; Job 23:12; Psalm 119:103; Psalm 19:10; Psalm 119:72; Isaiah 55:7; James 1:22; Hebrews 4:12; Jeremiah 23:29



People have a place for everything in our lives: TV time, family time, date night, our kids and their future … but where is the place we have for God? His Church? His Word? What place should the Word have in our lives?

 

 

John 8:37 ~ “I know that you are offspring of Abraham; yet you seek to kill me because my word finds no place in you.”

 

 

•     An Inside Place

 

•     The Word of God should have a place in the thoughts, in the memory, in the conscience and in the affections.

 

Psalm 51:6 ~ “Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being, and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart.”

 

Psalm 119:11 ~ “I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.”

 

•     We are not just to read the Bible, but we are also to absorb it and hide it in our hearts. It is important to believe, obey and honor the Word of God.

 

Jeremiah 15:16 ~ “Your words were found, and I ate them, and your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart, for I am called by your name, O Lord, God of hosts.”

 

•     Sometimes the word is bitter at first, but when it is eaten and absorbed, it is sweet to the taste.

 

Colossians 3:16 ~ “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.”

 

 

•     An Honored Place

 

•     The Word of God should receive attention, reverence, faith and obedience.

 

John 8:47 ~ “Whoever is of God hears the words of God. The reason why you do not hear them is that you are not of God.””

 

Luke 6:46 ~ “Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I tell you?”

 

Matthew 7:24 ~ “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.”

 

 

•     A Trusted Place

 

Psalm 119:42 ~ “then shall I have an answer for him who taunts me, for I trust in your word.”

 

Matthew 24:35 ~ “Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.”

 

1 Kings 8:56 ~ “Blessed be the Lord who has given rest to his people Israel, according to all that he promised. Not one word has failed of all his good promise, which he spoke by Moses his servant.”

 

Psalm 119:105 ~ “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.”

 

Psalm 19:7 ~ “The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple;”

 

 

•     A Loved Place

 

Job 23:12 ~ “I have not departed from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my portion of food.”

 

Psalm 119:103 ~ “How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!”

 

Psalm 19:10 ~ “More to be desired are they than gold, even much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and drippings of the honeycomb.”

 

Psalm 119:72 ~ “The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver pieces.”

 

 

•     No Place

 

•     Because the Word of God makes a demand on people, they make no place for it.

•     Because the Word teaches people to forsake things that displease God, they make no place for it.

 

Isaiah 55:7 ~ “let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.”

 

•     Because the Word teaches people to do what God commands, they make no place for it.

 

James 1:22 ~ “But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.”

 

 

CONCLUSION:

Hebrews 4:12 ~ “For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.”

 

Jeremiah 23:29 ~ “Is not my word like fire, declares the Lord, and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?”

 





Pastor Andy Lambert
Phone/Text: 205.642.8744 ext 101
Email: pastorandy@cvcog.church



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