Shalom! Most times when people hear the Word taught, they are filled with excitement, and they want to go out immediately practice, and live it. But when it comes to matters of our personal lives and challenges we need to have a kind of depth in the Word. Our knowledge of God's will in such matters must not be shallow. It must be sound and deep. The way to achieve this is mentioned here in the book of Joshua:
Joshua 1: 8
8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
You need to feed upon the Word untill you know that you know what the will of God is - even though you may be facing a challenge that you want to get out of as fast as you can. You don't want to rush and act on the Word because if you don't work it right, you will not only be disappointed, it will take you some time before you will ever try taking any stand on the Word of God again.
There's always an acid test that the devil will bring against you when you decide to act on the Word. You'd better know what you're doing. The Bible says, "Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand" (Ephesians 6:13).
We're involved in spiritual warfare, and there are things you must do in order to be able to stand effectively.
1. Dig deep into the Word and let your foundation be strong: "He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock" (Luke 6:48).
2. Act only on the Word. Be a doer of the Word - not just a knower or hearer of it: "But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves" (James 1:22).
Till next posting, God bless.
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