Hello Church!
In the letter from James, 1:22, it says, “But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves.” I want to say, “Easy for you to say, James! You had the only human example in Jesus who did that perfectly day-in and day-out!” How do I “do the word?”
A couple of weeks ago, on a Sunday morning, we had the chance to look at how we experience the word (scripture) in our life broken down into 5 categories: Hear, Read, Study, Meditate, and Memorize. As I heard in a sermon this week, we are separated from the bible by language, culture, time, and I would add technology. The bible is not just one book; it is a collection of books written in multiple genres. Because of that, it requires some effort to understand. But what should be remembered is that God does not change, nor does the human condition with the big questions in life (who am I, what am I to be doing, where am I going, why am I here). The timelessness of God has written timeless truths to us in the bible.
How do we do the word? Focus on
Though a neuroscientist would say that a person cannot focus on 3 things at one, we can rotate our focus as we study and experience the voice of God through His word to us.
From there, James would tell us to put into practice what we know.
That is how we do the word, and not be hearers only, deluding ourselves. Praise God that through the indwelling Holy Spirit He motivates us and empowers us to do just that!
