ACTIVATE WHAT IS WRITTEN

There may be times when we are actively studying the Word, learning its truth, and getting excited about it, but what would it be like if we began putting what the Bible says into practice every day? We would begin to see the truth of the Word at work in our lives. The promises of God are fulfilled when we walk in obedience to his Word.

Read James 1:22.

According to this verse, how can we deceive ourselves?

James 1:23–25 (NLT) holds the key to the promise of God’s power at work:

For if you listen to the Word and don’t obey, it is like glancing at your face in a mirror. You see yourself, walk away, and forget what you look like. But if you look carefully into the perfect law that sets you free, and if you do what it says and don’t forget what you heard, then God will bless you for doing it.

Discipline yourself to make your daily time in the Word sacred, and don’t let anything interrupt your time. It might help to get up a few minutes earlier, before others begin making demands on your day. Regardless, whenever it is that you can consistently schedule a quiet moment, find one verse that resonates with you, say it out loud, think about it all day long, put it into practice, and see what happens. Meditation will turn into revelation, and revelation will activate your faith. When your faith is activated, things change!