First Word(s)

The alarm screams for your attention. You hit the snooze. Once. Twice. Even three times. But eventually, your eyes open and your bodies rises in defeat yet once again. Your day begins. And before you know it, you’re assaulted with words. They fight to get to the front of the line like kids in gym class. They come from every which direction. T.V. Radio. Facebook. Texts on your Droid or Iphone. Maybe it’s the kids in the room down the hallway or the noisy neighbors upstairs. Whatever the case, it has begun and your first words will affect you for the rest of the day. So who wins the war of the words?

Jesus is The Word. He is the first Word. He is God’s word to us, spoken in flesh and blood. A word with bones. A crucified and suffering word. A triumphant resurrected word. A priestly word. An interceding word. An incarnate word. An eternal word. The perfect and holy word. Of all the words, Jesus is the most important word. He is the preeminent word. He is before all other words.

Which word(s) win the morning battle? Which words stick? Which word(s) shape your heart and prepare you to understand and to respond to all of the other words that will come your way today? Which word will define all of the other words? Which word(s) do you say no to? Which word(s) will you say yes to?

John 1:1
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning.”