Harley,
I have as lofty and reverenced an attitude and devotion to the written Word as anyone hereon, imho.
I don’t think you heard a thing I wrote on that score and I doubt I can say it more articulately enough for you to actually hear and understand. But I can say—you clearly missed it.
Certainly God’s Word does not return void. But what I was trying to articulate essentially has nothing to do with that.
Scripture also talks about fitting words in season . . . apples of gold in pitchers of silver . . .
Even Scriptures grabbed and thrown at folks—especially willy nilly in a desperate crisis—will not strike home. Will fail to meet the need and will often help innoculate the desperate folks ATAINST God AND HIS WORD.
Desperate folks NEED TOUCHED AT THEIR POINT OF NEED.
Sometimes Scriptural words can do that. Very often even the most central Biblical words canot do that. It takes “God with skin on” moving in the fullness and power of Holy Spirit—at least in HIs Love to bring The Word made flesh in sufficient tangible form to minister truly and in fact t the desperate needs.