WHEN YOU PREACH THE WORD, YOU SOW THE WORD; BUT WHEN YOU PRACTISE THE WORD YOU REAP THE BLESSING
TEXT: James 1:23: For if any be a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural base in a glass (KJV)
It is good to read, memorize, confess, and preach the word but without practicing the word, the word is of no benefit to you. For instance, it does not matter how many books you read on prayers, if you do not pray, the benefits of praying will never come to you. Also, if you believe and talk about praise and you do not take time out to really praise God, you will never have access to the blessings that praising God carries. Our text for today says “For if any be a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass”. Verse 22 says “But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves”. It amounts to self-deception when you do not practice the word. If you believe in giving, why don’t you practice it, because until you practice it, you can never get blessed by just saying it. If you read, memorize, confess or preach the word, you are sowing the word; you must practice the word before you can reap the blessing the word carries. The bible says concern Jesus “The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began to do and teach”. Jesus practiced it before He preached it. No matter how hard anyone cries, until he/she puts into practices, what the bible teaches, he/she can never be blessed. Practice evangelism, righteousness, forgiveness and you shall experience wonders without numbers.
Confession
Father, I declare today, I am a word practitioner, I behave what I believe and confess in the name of Jesus.
