Word for Today

Keep on becoming doers

by Pastor Simon

Keep on becoming doers of the Word and stop being hearers only, reasoning yourselves into a false premise and thus deceiving yourselves.

James 1:22 - Wuest's Expanded Translation

It's easy for you and me to end up with excuses for not following through on the Word. The devil will come and help us too. He'll get in there with us as we develop our excuses so that, when we fall, he can be right there against us accusing us. What protection do we have against this? The scripture above answers, "Keep on becoming doers of the Word!"

What is it going to take? How are we to keep on becoming doers of the Word? As sincere believers the Holy Spirit is continually speaking the Word into our lives. We need to respond to it. We need to take that Word and as soon as possible meditate on it, start to grasp its implications for us and then, with a quality decision of will, begin implementing it.

We also need to keep re-visiting scriptures that have been spoken into our lives. As we do, we need to ask ourselves, "Am I working out the implications of this in my life?" and we need to pray, "Lord, show me how I can be doing more to practically apply this."

There's an awesome blessing that comes to the one who is an active doer of God's Word - he is blessed in all that he does!

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