How long, O brothers and sisters will the immense mercy and loving raw power of God in Christ be restrained, held in check, dismissed, and yes, even denied? All the while pretending that the Name and character and mission of this Lord - the Prince of Life - can be explained by mere words. Words words words words words.

The beautiful, lofty, dazzling rhetoric, the searing and flawless logic we spout is yet an empty and pathetic misrepresentation that falls shamefully short of declaring the glory of the greatest gift ever offered to mankind.

The Spirit that rested on Jesus, that anointed Him to bring the Good News from the heart of God, is not revealed in words alone. It remains even today, bottled up, chained within us to natural reasoning, faithless platitudes and endless blabbering.

In turning the Fountain of Life within us down to a trickle, and withholding the merciful power to heal, we watch the thirsty turn parched and withered. Believing it's no longer possible in Jesus’ name, the sick are forsaken to wasting disease, sorrow, suffering and anguish. The tormented and crushed in spirit, and the imprisoned of mind cannot rely on us who hold power over all the works of the enemy.

Yet we stand Sunday by Sunday declaring the goodness of God and his power to forgive and to save. And we do not surrender ourselves as His vehicles of that miraculous power toward those we encounter.

For us though, WE have options. We have heat. We have medicine. We have words.

The love and the truth that Jesus brought to human beings gave them hope, relieved their suffering, and broke off their bondage. God’s love was felt, it was experienced, it was not merely spoken and heard, read and studied. As long as our Gospel remains mere words, God’s life is not communicated.

Words serve well to transport, deliver, and carry the cargo they describe and declare. They themselves are not the cargo. And void of Holy Spirit energy, words are but a taunt, a bedazzlement - even a sham.

What then is the One whose name is The God of All Comfort if His relief to real people in real torment is restrained; shackled by our unbelief? What then are we, in whom His word of authority abides, if we will not employ faith and act in His Name? When do we cease pushing back on God what He freely and emphatically assigned to us?

Always expounding our knowledge and orthodox doctrines, when ever shall we be found DOING our Father’s business?