Yesterday I talked about how doing whatever God is telling you to do is not too difficult. Today I follow this up with why it is not too difficult. In Deuteronomy 30:14, God was telling the people of Israel that the only way to obey His command is to get it on your lips and in your heart. This means that just reading what the Bible says is not enough, there are two things we must do in order to obey God's word. First is we must speak the word (it is on your lips). Whenever we get a command from God, either through Him speaking directly to us, or in the Bible, we must start speaking the command, and not just once, but over and over and over, day after day after day. Each time your problem starts to rise up inside you, start speaking the word. Each morning when you wake up, look in the mirror and speak the word. Whenever I am dealing with a problem, I go to the Bible to find what God says about it. When I found the scripture, I would write it down on a piece of paper and put it in a place that I would see several times each day. Then each time I would pass it, I would stop and read it out loud. Each time that problem would start to rise up in me, I would speak the word out loud (sometimes I would say it several times). As I continued to do this, doing what the Bible said would start to become easier and easier. Tomorrow I will talk about the second thing we are to do.
Take Away: When you are dealing with a problem, and God shows you in His word what to do, write the word out, and put it somewhere where you are going to see several times each day. Then each time you pass it, stop and read it out loud. Then, whenever that problem starts rising up, speak the word.
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