God's Word Is Like A Mighty Hammer

At the Alberta Aviation Museum, there was a North American B-25 Mitchell Bomber in the process of being restored. My son Daniel and I were allowed in the restoration building, so I took some pictures of this war aircraft. (Click on any picture for a closer inspection.)

The B-25 Mitchell is widely considered the best light bomber of World War II.

More than 11 000 B-25 Mitchells were built. They were used by almost all the Allied air forces.

The most famous B-25 mission occurred in April 1942, when sixteen of these aircraft took off from the American carrier Hornet and successfully bombed Tokyo.

As I was taking these pictures, a middle-aged man approached me and asked if he could answer any questions I might have. I couldn't think of any intellectual questions to ask, so I felt instantly stupid and embarrassed. I should have came to the museum with more knowledge of war aircraft!

Then I thought how much more important it is for us to know and memorize God's Word, so that when someone approaches us unexpectedly and asks a question about the things of God, we are prepared to answer. If we are not prepared, a chance for a soul to be saved might be lost.

Armies, air forces, navies all train soldiers to fight powerfully. But the majority of churches today are not training people to know God's Word through memorization of Scripture, only through generalization. As a result, the body of Christian believers has become a pathetic and weak army for God, and many souls are left dying as the enemy devours them.

The military uses worldly weapons to attack and defend, but we use God's weapons to attack Satan's lies and defend the Truth.

"We use God's mighty weapons,

not worldly weapons,

to knock down the strongholds of human reasoning

and to destroy false arguments."

2 Corinthians 10:14 (NLT)

And the greatest weapon we have is the Word of God. It burns like fire and smashes like a mighty hammer.

"'Does not My Word burn like fire?'

says the Lord.

'Is it not like a mighty hammer that smashes a rock to pieces?'"

Jeremiah 23:29 (NLT)

It also sharpens and cuts like a two-edged sword.

"For the Word of God is alive and powerful.

It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword,

cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow.

It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires."

Hebrew 4:12 (NLT)

Let us not neglect the importance of memorizing the Scriptures if we want to be efficiently trained to do battle for God and save lives.