Study the Word

December 30

But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a

doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.— JAMES 1:25

Study the Word

Many Christians are trying to have faith. They are trying to

believe. They meet together in services, each one urging the

other to do what he’s not doing himself. They use scriptural

expressions and high-sounding phrases that have no meaning to

their inner consciousness.

One problem is that they are listening to preachers, but

they’re not digesting what they’re saying. They are not doing

any original thinking on their own. They are not spending time

in the study of God’s Word. They are what the Bible calls

“hearers of the Word” and not doers. And that’s the reason

these people go under when the storms of life come.

Jesus said, “Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of

mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which

built his house upon a rock: And the rain descended, and the

floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and

it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock” (Matt. 7:24–25). Jesus

said that the man who built his house on the sand is the man

who heard the Word but didn’t do it. But the man who built his

house on the rock is the man who heard the Word and did it.

So many people are hearers of the Word and not doers. If you’re not a doer of the Word, you don’t have any foundation

under you. Smith Wigglesworth made a statement: “If you wait

until you need faith to get it, you’re too late.” That’s the reason

you need to study the Word for yourself and find out what it

says.

Confession:

I am a doer of the Word and not a hearer only. I spend time

studying God’s Word. And I am blessed in every area of my life.