[Friday's Devotional] - Just Do It

"I hear and I forget.
I see and I remember.
I do and I understand."

Jesus taught his first followers in different ways – they sat and listened to him, they saw him doing things, and he sent them out to do what he taught them to do, and they really learned a lot:

"When Jesus had called the Twelve together,

he gave them power and authority to drive out all demons and to cure diseases,

and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick...

…So they set out and went from village to village,

proclaiming the good news and healing people everywhere."

(Luke 9:1,2,6)

In his letter, James picks up on the importance of being a doer of the word of God:

"Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves.

Do what it says.

Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.

But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do."

(James 1:22-25)

So What?

How are you doing?

Is there something you think God is calling you to do? What are you going to do about it?

Tim Norman