I often ask
the kids “what did I say?!” Sometimes I ask it in response to them asking the
same question they’ve just asked, hoping for a different answer! Other times, I
ask it when I catch them not picking up after I asked them to pick up their
toys. In either scenario, my kids heard
and knew what I said but didn’t listen and obey.
Similarly, I
can hear, read and know God’s Word, but what difference will it make in my life
unless I apply and obey it?
Romans
2:13-16 13 For it
is not those who hear the law who are righteous in God’s sight, but it is those
who obey the law who will be declared righteous. 14 (Indeed, when
Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature things required by the law,
they are a law for themselves, even though they do not have the law. 15 They show that the requirements of the law are
written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their
thoughts sometimes accusing them and at other times even defending them.)
16 This will take place on the day when God
judges people’s secrets through Jesus Christ, as my gospel declares.
Whether
you plan to read the whole Bible in a year this year or have some other Bible
study plan, end your time with at least one application question for yourself.
I often write out my application question in a journal and then write out the
answer. Sometimes I have to think about it and answer it the next day (or
later).
James
1:22 & 25 Do not merely listen to the word, and
so deceive yourselves. Do what it says… 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.
Alice
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