When she saw the indescribable, she slapped her hands to her face as her eyes widened. “Words fail me.”
As a writer, words are my life. But sometimes they just don’t come. I struggle to find the precise one to describe what I want to say.
Words fail in other ways. In times of tragedy and deep grief they fail to comfort. To a close-eared and defiant person they fail to correct. When opposite of the actions exhibited, they fail to convince.
But that is not true of one word – the Word. When foretelling that she would give birth to Jesus, the angel told the young virgin Mary. “For no word from God will ever fail.” (Luke 1:37). Other translations say that nothing is impossible for God.
God spoke everything into existence in Genesis chapter one, and He continues to speak into our existence today. God’s Word can be trusted to be true. He cannot fail, it is not in His nature.
Down through the centuries, the Scriptures have remained true, and faithful, for each generation. What was written thousands of years ago are 
as fresh as new ink dripping from a quill. People have marked them, highlighted them, memorized them, pondered over them, but most of all relied upon them.
Mary did as well. Her response to the angel that day, according to the King James Version, was “Be it unto me according to thy word.” (vs.38) Other translations translate it as, “May your word be fulfilled in me.”
And God took Mary at her word. John, in writing his gospel, tells us Jesus was “the word made flesh.” (1:14)
Today, the unfailing Word can take on flesh when it lives in us. If we, like Mary, allow it to happen, our lives will change forever. It is not an easy road living for Christ and having Him live in us according to His Word, but it is a fulfilling one. At times we may feel as if we are failing at our job, but we aren’t. He can use our blunders as well as our successes to His glory and gives us second, third, and even seventy times seven chances when we humbly repent.
Words may continue to fail us at various times in our lives, but the Word of God never will. May it be fulfilled in you.
Over my first month as an internet missionary, I have felt the weightiness of words. Words can build up hope or slash a person’s dreams. They can offend or bolster one’s beliefs. They can trigger interest or make someone click off and seek elsewhere on the web.
As Christians, we have been given the Word. We need to not only monitor what comes out of our mouths, but what is typed on our QWERTY boards and appearing on the screens of people we may never have direct contact with.
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