ATTEND TO THE WORD
By Pastor E. A. Adeboye
Memorize: In Him was life; and the life was
the light of men. John 1:4
Read: John 1: 1-4
Bible in one year: 1 Corinthians 7 – 9.
Key point:
When God’s word comes into the heart, it
shines inside before it shines outside.
God is light and in Him
is no element of darkness (1 John 1:5). The amount of light you have will determine
the level of truth you are exposed to.
will also determine how correctly you
interpret what you see- Luke "11:35 says,
“lf thy whole body
therefore be full of tight/ having
no part dark, the whole shafl be full of
tight/ as when
the bright shining of
a candte doth give thee light.”
From this we learn that
it is the light that is inside of you that determines the light that will
radiate outside. If there is no light inside, there will definitely be no light
outside. Your focus should not be on the external glow but on the internal
build up. After you are born-again, what increase your inner light is your exposure
to the Word. John 1:4 says the life of God is the same as the light of men. If
you allow the life of God - God's Word to grow on your inside, you will sooner
than later, knowingly or unknowingly begin shine for men to see (Matthew 5:16).
The reason many believers
are not shinning today because they are empty of the life of God. Some think
the are wasting the time spent with the Word. Oh how wrong! If you can wake up
at night to regularly study God's Word, meditate on it, and live it out in the
day, without doubt what you have inside of you will spill out. Moreover, we learn
also that it is when the light within spills out that it will overcome the
darkness in the world. The truth is that to
many Christians have too
little of God's life on their inside, hence they have remained victims of the
powers of darkness. No human being can conquer the powers of darkness on their
own. It takes the light of God radiating from your inside to do this. If you
understand this seers and begin to give God's Word a prime place in your lift you
will suddenly begin to dominate the forces that on had you defeated. Give time
to the Word of life. Many people can spend hours discussing or reading about what
cannot add value to their today or tomorrow, yet, they give every excuse under
the sun for not giving the Word sufficient time and attention. What a waste!
From today give due diligence to the Word and begin to shine in your corner.
Join me to pray for grace to help us dig deeper into the word of life on daily basis.
ReplyDeleteReceive the grace to dig deeper into God's word in Jesus name. And as you do so, may you be lifted daily in His presence, amen.
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