knowledge increases responsibility. the more we know the more we’re accountable
for. what am i doing about what i know?
JESUS said, to whom much is given, much
is required. and james 4.17 (nkj)
says, to him who knows to do good and
does not do it, to him it is sin.
illustration: let’s say
you decide to get concerned about my health.
you my come to me and say, “bill, as you’re getting older we don’t want
you to have a flabby body, or furniture problems -- where your chest drops into
your drawers -- so you decide to buy me as a gift the p90x fitness program. you say this can change your life. it’s fantastic. it has changed the lives of millions of people. it will keep you strong. it will be a blessing to you. do it.
it will change you.” i say, “great”. so i go away for 90 days and then come back
and i’m the same guy. you say, “what happened? didn’t you read the instructions, the book,
didn’t you do what it said?’ what if i said to you, “i read them. i enjoyed it.
this is a fantastic book. i loved
it. i even underlined portions of it
with colored markers and memorized sections of it and even started a group
study of the book and looked at the origin of every single word of the
book. every night i would spend a couple
hours studying it.”
how often do we do that with the word of GOD? we give awards for memorizing scripture, but
we don’t give awards for doing scripture.
we get a plaque that says “i read through the bible” but don”t get one
that says, “i did the bible.” we need to
mark our bibles, but we need to let the bible mark us. it’s not how many times you've been through
the word of GOD, it’s how many times it’s been through you. you’ve got to be a doer of the word. i used to deceive myself in thinking that
because i had knowledge that it made me mature.
having knowledge of a bodybuilding book doesn’t produce muscles. just because we know something doesn’t mean
we act on it.
just a thought from the front porch…
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