Pulpit Today

Years ago an artist rendered his depiction of the eternality of God’s Word.  The centerpiece of his artwork was a large anvil that had been beaten and battered but was still intact.  Lying around that anvil were the broken and ruined instruments that had struck that anvil.  Underneath the picture were the words: “The word of the Lord endures forever” (1 Peter 1:25).  An anvil is an appropriate metaphor for God’s Word because the Bible has endured relentless assault from critics, skeptics, and foes that, if possible, would have waylaid and buried it centuries ago.  But the Word of God, whether written on stone, parchment, or human hearts, remains solid and secure.  Just as the Holy Spirit divinely inspired the Scriptures God, in His omnipotence, has supernaturally preserved His Word.  S.M. Cole put it best when he said: “Hammer away, ye hostile hands.  Your hammers break, God’s anvil stands.”