what pleases us as pastors and teachers even more than a
comment or compliment is when somebody says they will put it into practice and
use it. they say they will do the sermon
this week. “let’s not deceive
ourselves,” james says.
james 1.25 (ph), the man
who puts the law into practice wins true happiness. JESUS, in matthew 7, tells the story of
the wise and the foolish builder. he
says the foolish builder builds on sand.
he is like the guy who hears the word of GOD but doesn’t do what it
says. the wise man is the one who hears
it and then goes out and makes an honest attempt to put it into his life. practice it.
JESUS said in john 13.17 (niv), now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them. i think the simplest definition of maturity
is to be a doer of the word. that’s what
it means to be mature. you do what the
bible says. we must not only read the
word, we must heed the word. every
single one of us knows more spiritual truth than we’re putting into practice
right now. you don’t need to know more,
you already know enough. it’s not the
matter that we need to know more. we
just need to put into practice what we already know. i just need to practice what i already know
to do, not learn anything new. be a doer
of the word.
just a thought from the front porch…
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