READ:
HEBREWS 4:1-7
Believers
are frequently exposed to various Bible-based teachings on tapes, videos,
newspapers, books, direct pulpit ministrations, etc… By these we amass
knowledge of God’s word. This is great because the entrance of God’s word is
what produces faith we require to live the spiritual life (Romans 10:17). The
problem is, to what extent have we turned such knowledge into wisdom? Wisdom is
the right application of knowledge. Knowledge is useless as long as it remains
unused. It is only the knowledge that is put into use that can benefit man.
If you know that whenever you take your bath with a particular toilet soap it will result in itching and produce blisters, giving you discomfort for a week or two, to what benefit is this knowledge to you when you continue to use the soap. You know that if you pay your tithe, the Lord will rebuke devourers from attacking you, and open the windows of blessings upon you. If you refuse to be faithful in tithing, are you not evoking the opposite of the blessings He has promised? Do you think by such acts you are smart? No, you are not.
Everyone has received a measure of the light of God’s word. It is the measure of that word that you put into practice, that will determine to what extent situations, circumstances, people and demons, will respond to your dictates. A certain uneducated brother heard from the pulpit that to receive anointing, you must win several souls. He received that word and ran with it. Although he was a young convert then, he began to evangelise from house to house, in buses and the factory where he worked. Some people started to mock him saying he was idle and only busy doing nothing. Before long, the anointing of God upon him increased so much that people from far and wide began to come to him for prayers. He would visit hospitals and miracles will flow. With a little prayer from him pregnant women who could not be delivered, delivered immediately. Soon the same people, who mocked him, were forced to eat their words. They started seeing him regularly for prayers. All because he ran with one word. You cannot imagine how much of your world you can affect if you can walk in the light of the word of God you have received.
If you know that whenever you take your bath with a particular toilet soap it will result in itching and produce blisters, giving you discomfort for a week or two, to what benefit is this knowledge to you when you continue to use the soap. You know that if you pay your tithe, the Lord will rebuke devourers from attacking you, and open the windows of blessings upon you. If you refuse to be faithful in tithing, are you not evoking the opposite of the blessings He has promised? Do you think by such acts you are smart? No, you are not.
Everyone has received a measure of the light of God’s word. It is the measure of that word that you put into practice, that will determine to what extent situations, circumstances, people and demons, will respond to your dictates. A certain uneducated brother heard from the pulpit that to receive anointing, you must win several souls. He received that word and ran with it. Although he was a young convert then, he began to evangelise from house to house, in buses and the factory where he worked. Some people started to mock him saying he was idle and only busy doing nothing. Before long, the anointing of God upon him increased so much that people from far and wide began to come to him for prayers. He would visit hospitals and miracles will flow. With a little prayer from him pregnant women who could not be delivered, delivered immediately. Soon the same people, who mocked him, were forced to eat their words. They started seeing him regularly for prayers. All because he ran with one word. You cannot imagine how much of your world you can affect if you can walk in the light of the word of God you have received.
MEMORIZE:
PROVERBS 11:8 –The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked comes
in his stead.
