Be Doers of His Word

God's Word tell us that we must be, "doers of the Word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the Word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror, for he observes himself, goes away and immediately forgets what kind of man he was."

This scripture is telling us that if we hear His Word and don't obey it, we benefit nothing. It says we observe ourselves by hearing His Word. His Word shows us who we really are, understating that the Word of God is living and powerful and sharper than any two-edged sword, yet if we don't obey His Word we forget what kind of man we are and therefore His Word isn't alive and active inside us to change us. Doing requires action.

An example is when you go to church, read your bible or even read this blog. You hear a teaching (His Word) that stirs your heart. In fact you believe that the Words are directed at you. You are convicted by His Spirit and know that you need to change, to stop, to turn, meaning repent. Inside of us, WE KNOW..... we should not lie, we should not cheat, we should not envy, we should not harbor unforgiveness, we should not participate in sexual immorality like fornication, adultery and homosexuality, we should not backbite or gossip, we should not steal, we should not participate in any sin or ungodliness. WE KNOW! But what do we do? Do we stop? You might even go one step further and ask God to forgive you, knowing He is faithful and just to forgive us our sin. Then what do you do? Do you repent, meaning turn? Do you change your mind and obey His Word so that His Word which is powerful piercing even to the division of soul and spirit and of joints and marrow and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart can change you?

Church we cry out for deliverance and ask God to change our hearts, but fail to do His Word! Which is the very power we need to change.  That is why His Word says you deceive yourself. WE KNOW! And we excuse, we ignore and we justify ourselves for our disobedience. Within our own selves we determine all the reasons why we can't obey. Even as you read this blog and His Spirit convicts you of not obeying His Word, what will you do? Please remember also that His Word says that when WE KNOW to right and do not to us it is sin.

Beloved, it doesn't benefit  that you hear His Word and are convicted or even inspired for a moment while looking at yourself in the perfect law of liberty (which is His Word). What matters is that we obey what His Word says so that we being doers of the work will be blessed in what we do.

Additionally, let me say for the hearers, the blessing is in the doing! For His Word says, "Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be my people, and walk in all the ways that I commanded you, that it may be well with you."