Yesterday we went through the progressive blessings given to us by FATHER where HE specifically emphasized those passages with shama` shama`. Now THE SPIRIT wrote in James chapter 1:
21 Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
We are urged to change and depart from the old man and we do this by receiving The Word which has the power within It to save our souls. It requires us to act on The Word and not just give lip service else we deceive ourselves. Isn’t it true that man lives in some form of deception until he receives a higher revelation than he currently has? The more we dwell and meditate on The Word, the more revelation and blessings associated with The Word come forth in our lives. Do you need healing? Spend time in The Word daily in the passages which contain those promises of healing and restoration. They must be “implanted” into us and grow within us until they become more true and greater than our sickness and disease.
As we do The Word It becomes preeminent in our lives and we place an importance of walking in FATHER’S ways just as Jesus walked and provided us with the perfect example. Being our example, He is showing us the result of being fully led by THE SPIRIT.
23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror;
24 for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.
We are constantly changing and either moving spiritually higher or lower depending on our focus and actions. When we look in the mirror we see ourselves only for an instant thus when we walk away change has already begun and we soon forget the image we saw. How do I keep from forgetting The Word? I must keep In in front of me continually day and night. Because I comprehend FATHER’S Love for me(maybe not in Its fullness), I purpose to move closer to HIM through HIS Word not only daily but throughout the day. As I seek to hear HIS SPIRIT in all situations, I become more like HIM by responding to what HIS SPIRIT is telling me to do and say in each situation I find myself in. When you walk in this manner, you will not forget who you are in Christ.
25 But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work (one who acts accordingly), this one will be blessed in what he does.
When we know The Word and do It, we will be blessed in what we do. This reinforces the five progressive blessings of shama` shama` covered yesterday. “Continuing in it” denotes hearing and hearing, doing and doing. Each of us submits our walk to someone whether it be FATHER or our own ego. FATHER urges us to submit to HIM in order to walk in HIS blessing.
It is not burdensome to walk according to The Word except to the ego which wants to promote lawlessness. Let us not forget to be a doer of The Word so FATHER can facilitate blessings of Love to come forth in our lives. Once again, each of us is responsible for our own actions and path. As for me, I purpose to walk on the path referred to as “The Way”.
By THE SPIRIT Paul poses a question in Galatians chapter 3:
2 This only I want to learn from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
3 Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are you now being made perfect by the flesh?
4 Have you suffered so many things in vain—if indeed it was in vain?
5 Therefore He who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you, does He do it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
Paul emphasizes hearing by posing these questions which provide the obvious answer. We receive THE SPIRIT by the hearing of faith. None of us received The Holy Spirit by performing the law but instead by hearing of faith! We all were saved by hearing and responding to The Word and we receive our healing by hearing and responding to The Word. Let us not be foolish and forget the importance of hearing, studying, dwelling, and contemplating The Word until our faith becomes great faith. Men and women of great faith are consistent doers of The Word and FATHER responds by constantly supplying HIS SPIRIT and working miracles confirming HIS Word in their lives. Let each of us be counted among those of great faith by being a consistent doer of The Word!