A more sure word

       “A more sure word, … whereunto ye do well that ye take heed.” (2 Pet. 1:19.)

      A Word sent down from God in heaven,

      A Word from Christ to mortals given,

      A Word of truth, a Word of love,

      What matchless mercies doth it prove:

           God’s Holy Word.

      A Word inerrant always true

      Through all the ages ever new;

      Though heaven and earth shall pass away,

      This Word abideth on for aye:

           God’s Living Word.

      A Word that’s named, God’s Holy Book,

      A Word on which the angels look,

      A Word to which the saints give heed,

      A Word which meets their every need:

           God’s Faithful Word.

      A Word which God has authorized

      The Living Word, all vitalized,

      A life-begetting Word to all

      Who trust in Christ, and on Him call:

           God’s Saving Word.

      A Sacred Word, a lamp, a light

      That shineth through the darkest night;

      A Word that gleams upon our way,

      That brighter shines till perfect day:

           God’s Blessed Word.

      A Word that came from God’s own hand,

      A Word of power and command;

      A Word by which all things were made,

      A Word by which the storm was stayed:

           God’s Mighty Word.

      A Word of Grace, a Word replete,

      The staff of life of finest wheat;

      A Word that’s stamped with God’s “amen,”

      I’ll preach it over moor and fen:

           God’s Wondrous Word.

R. E. Neighbour, Gems of Gold: Daily Meditations (WORDsearch, 2010), 167.