But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving
yourselves. IS WHEN I START LIVING GODS WORD OUT,ACTING UPON IT..IN FAITH EVEN WHEN WHAT IT TELLS ME MAKES NO SENSE..... Jam 1:23
For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is
like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a
mirror.Jam 1:24
For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets
what he was like. WE BEGIN TO TAKE GODS GRACE FOR AND PROVISION FOR GRANTED...FORGETTING WE too ARE SINNERS AND THE ONLY THING THAT IS DIFFERENT ABOUT US IS HIS LOVE AND FORGIVENESS...AND WE ONLY HAVE TODAY...GRACE FOR TODAY....PROVISIONS FOR TODAY...CAUSE TOMMORROW IS JUST NOT PROMISED.Jam 1:25
But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of
liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he
will be blessed in his doing. I GET THE BLESSINGS OF GOD AS I OBEY HIS WORD....THAT IN ITSELF IS LIFE...THE WORD COMING OFF THE PAGE AND INTO MY HEART AND INTO MY LIFE. THAT IS BLESSING. LOVING GOD ENOUGH TO OBEY HIM. EVEN WHEN ITS HARD,NOT POPULAR AND SEEMINGLY UNPROFITABLE IN A TANGIBLE SENSE. JESUS DID NOT GIVE HIS LIFE TO MAKE ME RICH ON EARTH,BUT RICH IN ....HIM! RICH IN HIS LOVE..RICH IN HIS GRACE....RICH IN HIS MERCY..that is BLESSING...TRUE BLESSING......AND MAN DO I NEED THAT.....WHAT ABOUT YOU????? Jam 2:5
Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen those who
are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which he has
promised to those who love him? PEACE