READ: JAMES
1:19-25
There are
two classes of Bible users, the 'hearers only' and the 'doers'. You belong to
one of them. Most of us spend time listening to tapes, songs, videos, direct
messages in church and personal time reading or studying the Bible. This is
very good. However this is not the ultimate. When Joshua was appointed to
follow Moses, God gave him the secret to making a success of his assignment to
lead the Israelites into the Promised Land. His predecessor Moses had failed
God in not being able to accomplish that task. This simply tells us that unless
we walk in total obedience and submission to God, there is no guarantee that we
will complete the assignment we have been commissioned to carry out.
“This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. ” (Joshua 1:8).
When you hear or read the Scriptures, it stays in your head. If left there for a while without taking further steps, the birds of the air will come and steal it. If you desire that Word to make a meaningful impact on you, then you must the extra effort to transfer it from your head into your mind – your spirit man. The Word in your spirit man can bring about changes, even though slowly (Romans 12:2).
From our text, one of the further steps to be taken is to fill your heart and actively occupy it with the Word, so that when tempted to speak evil words, the World of God will spill out: “... for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.” The Psalmist says:”Your word I have hidden in my heart, that I might not sin against You.”
Give valuable time to meditating on the Word you have heard. You will find it easy and very compelling to obey the Word after you have meditated on it. Thinking upon the Word has a way of leading you on a journey into further revelations. When you put what you have heard or read into practice, success results. Decide today that no command of God will go unpractised. Cultivate the habit of succeeding through obeying God's Word.
“This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. ” (Joshua 1:8).
When you hear or read the Scriptures, it stays in your head. If left there for a while without taking further steps, the birds of the air will come and steal it. If you desire that Word to make a meaningful impact on you, then you must the extra effort to transfer it from your head into your mind – your spirit man. The Word in your spirit man can bring about changes, even though slowly (Romans 12:2).
From our text, one of the further steps to be taken is to fill your heart and actively occupy it with the Word, so that when tempted to speak evil words, the World of God will spill out: “... for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.” The Psalmist says:”Your word I have hidden in my heart, that I might not sin against You.”
Give valuable time to meditating on the Word you have heard. You will find it easy and very compelling to obey the Word after you have meditated on it. Thinking upon the Word has a way of leading you on a journey into further revelations. When you put what you have heard or read into practice, success results. Decide today that no command of God will go unpractised. Cultivate the habit of succeeding through obeying God's Word.
MEMORIZE:
ROMANS 2:13 -For not the hearers of the law are just in the sight of God but the
doers of the law will be justified.
