The Rhema Word By Os Hillman

"Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path" (Ps. 119:105). 

Rhema is a Greek word that means "living". The Bible is often spoken of as the "Living" Word of God. It means that God will speak to you directly and personally through the scriptures. There have been many times in my life when God gave me specific direction or confirmation of a decision through His rhema Word.

My wife, Angie, had only been a Christian for about six months when she began to read the Bible for the first time. She had heard people talk about how God spoke to them through the Bible and she thought they were crazy. Until one day it happened to her. She was in the midst of a Bible study and read in Mathew 7 that you could ask and receive. Immediately she thought, "I'll ask God to bring me a husband or someone to fill the gap." The very next verse she went to in her Bible study was "be still and know I am God." She knew that God was speaking directly to her through his "living" Word that she was to wait.

Two years later, the Lord had done a mighty work in her life and she asked for a husband a second time. Days later, she got a note from someone that had Psalm 27:14 written at the bottom of it. She knew God was answering her prayer for a husband. With great anticipation she opened her Bible only to be greatly disappointed. The verse read, "Wait for the Lord, be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord." Again, God spoke to her personally through His Word. After that, the Lord taught Angie to fall in love with Him and she did not date for seven years.

Then one day the Lord spoke to Angie in a still voice during her quite time: "I'm about to bring you your husband and it will be the best thing that ever happened to you." She was shocked and refused to write it down. However, thirty days later she and I met. Nine months later we were married.

Angie views the Bible as God's love letters to us. You can fully expect Him to speak through His living Word regarding specific situations. It is one of those mysteries that God does from time to time.

As you read your Bible, be aware of the rhema Word of God. He may speak to you in specific ways you never thought possible.

Source:  The Rhema Word