Tuesday June 03rd, 2025
« Do what God’s word says. Don’t merely listen to it, or you will fool yourselves »
24 “Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock.
25 Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won’t collapse because it is built on bedrock.
26 But anyone who hears my teaching and doesn’t obey it is foolish, like a person who builds a house on sand.
27 When the rains and floods come and the winds beat against that house, it will collapse with a mighty crash.”
28 When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed at his teaching,
29 for he taught with real authority—quite unlike their teachers of religious law.
As opposed to the people who don’t have ears that we discussed yesterday,
there are many who do have ears but are too paralyzed to practice what they learn from the word of God.
They can recall the Pastor’s sermon word for word but they don’t practice it.
They can probably even recite the Bible from Genesis to Revelation but it does not show in their lives because they do nothing in line with the word.
These category of people are described in 2 Timothy 3:7NKJV as
«….always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth »
These are people who learn but somehow, the word does not take root in them enough for it to change their character.
The devil practically paralyses them and stops them from doing what they have learnt.
If you are in this category, I declare your freedom today, in Jesus’ name.
One way the devil paralyses people after they have heard the word is through procrastination.
They hear and are determined to apply what they have learnt, but then they procrastinate until they lose the zeal to do it.
The day my Father-in-the-Lord taught us that worldly music attracts evil spirits while godly music repels them and attracts the Holy Spirit, I destroyed all the worldly music tapes that I had.
The night he preached about cleanliness, and pointed our attention to the dirt under our beds, that same night when we got home, my wife and I lifted up the mattress and cleaned under the bed and everywhere in our home.
We did not wait until the next day.
That is the same way you should practice the word of God: with urgency!
James 1:23-25 says that when you don’t practice the word immediately,
it is like not adjusting your clothes while standing in front of the mirror.
It would be useless to start adjusting them when you no longer have the mirror before you.
Don’t let the devil paralyze you ; act on God’s word as soon as you hear it.
Application – The blessing is in hearing the word of God and doing it James 1:23-25
Author – Bishop Enoch Adejare Adeboye; General Overseer of the RCCG
Posted by Naomie Joseph
Praise and Worship sessions – Evangelist Jemps Benoit ; Minister Paola Médi
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