And in John 9:4 He said about Himself:

And then there are the ‘greater works’ we all aspire to do.  So, there has to be something more to this word.

Earlier this month, Holy Spirit stopped me on Psalm 33:4 and we looked at the first part of that verse in Focus 4,    “For the word of the LORD is right.”  Today we are going to look at the second part of that verse.

Let’s take a look at this word WORKS:

WORKS: Strong’s #4639 from #6213.  Since #6213 is the root meaning of the word, that is where we begin.

Hold on because this word is used in a myriad of ways.  The Strong’s definition looks like this:

עָשָׂה ʻâsâh, aw-saw’; a primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application:—accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, × certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, feast, (fight-) ing man, finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, hinder, hold (a feast), × indeed, be industrious, journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, × sacrifice, serve, set, shew, × sin, spend, × surely, take, × thoroughly, trim, × very, vex, be (warr-) ior, work(-man), yield, use.

It may be interesting to note the first time it was used in Genesis 1:6-7 — the very first thing God ‘made.’ God said, “Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.” ⁷ Thus God made the firmament,…”  Genesis 1 goes on and every place where God made something, #6213 is the word He uses. 

Okay, let’s look at the letters:  WORKS or asah looks like this in Hebrew:

Reading from right to left:

Ayin 70= Completion of time.  Means:  Eye, to See, Understand, Experience, or to be Seen, Window of the soul-good or bad (made of a Zayin and Yod—Word and Spirit)

Shin  300 = Victory of good over evil, Holy Spirit.  Means: Teeth, Fire, the Fire of God to consume all His enemies, Devour, Destroy, Something Sharp.

Hey  5 = Grace.  Means: Revelation – 5 is the number of Torah, Behold, Give Attention – (at the end of a word: comes from letter before)

WORKS: When we see or experience (Ayin) how God works, we marvel at how easy (Hey) He consumes (Shin) the enemies of our soul and how perfectly He works in line with His revealed (Hey) word.  Revelation (Hey) encourages us to walk in obedience to all He speaks to us.

This word – Works – Asah – is found in several key places revealing more to the meaning of the word works.

Numbers 23:19 “God is not a man, that He should lie,
Nor a son of man, that He should repent.
Has He said, and will He not DO?  (this word ‘do’ is asah)
Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?

Isaiah 55:11 So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth;
It shall not return to Me void,
But it shall ACCOMPLISHwhat I please,  (asah–accomplish)
And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.

Jeremiah 1:12  Then the Lord said to me, “You have seen well, for I am ready to PERFORM My word.  (asah – perform)

In each of these, God is referring to His prophetic word spoken through men–His prophets.  God is promising to create His word.  Just as Holy Spirit birthed creation when Yeshua spoke Yahweh’s word, He will also create when we speak the words God has given us.  There is creative power in the word of God and when we speak it, Holy Spirit ignites it to create.   And angels are activated as well–Bless the Lord, you His angels,
Who excel in strength, who do His word, heeding the voice of His word. Psalm 103:20

Matthew 9:37-38 Yeshua highlights the need for laborers.    Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few. ³⁸ Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.”

When we look at this verse, most often we envision laborers out in the field, doing manual labor for long hours and little pay.  But, when God speaks of laborers, He is looking for those He can work through.  Much of the ‘work’ Yeshua did was in teaching, speaking healing, speaking deliverance, etc.  He spoke what He heard God speak to Him and He did what He saw God do.

“I have not spoken on My own authority; but the Father who sent Me gave Me a command, what I should say and what I should speak.” John 12:49