[Tuesday's Devotional] - Be doers of the Word

Be doers of the Word and be blessed

Yesterday we talked about hearing from God and that the Word of God is indeed God speaking with you. Today I want to lead you into understanding how to appropriate the promises and benefits for which Christ died on the cross.

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 [NIV] (author’s emphasis)

In yesterday’s devotional, we observed that Adam and Eve were instructed not to eat from the tree in the middle of the garden. We know that they disobeyed God and the result – they sinned and reaped death and all the bad things going on in the world from generation to generation.

Conversely, if you want to benefit from God’s promises, simply do what He says and leave the rest to Him.

So if you are not enjoying life from your relationship with God, I have an assignment for you. Search the scriptures for something you are not obeying.

Pray about this and the Holy Spirit will show you what you need to do. God promises to bless doers of His Word.

Have you noticed that two of the areas that Satan seems to triumph over most Christians is sickness, disease and premature death and lack of finances. Let’s try and see what happens.

Mark 11 vs 22 – 23 says:  ‘Have faith in God,’ Jesus answered. ‘Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, “Go, throw yourself into the sea,” and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them.

Now, how many of us who believe in God, have spoken to sickness and disease, debt, storms and hurricanes just as Jesus spoke to a tree and caused it to wither?

Instead, many of us want to pray or say it as it appears to friends and relatives:– I am sick, this disease is incurable, I am in debt, I am finished, etc.

While this may be fine, friends, it takes only a little twist to God’s Word for one to completely miss the mark.  Watch out for the devil’s tricks: - “Did God really say, we ought to give tithes and offerings for us to be blessed financially?  No! that’s following the Law.  Did God really say speak to sickness, disease and debt?  No!  You can’t do that, people will call you a crazy fool.  Even if you try, it won’t happen, it’s not scientific, blah blah blah!” The outcome – you get to Paris when you are supposed to be in Perth, Australia.

Farai Mutsambiwa