Hello Precious People In Jesus,
I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
John 15:5
We can’t possibly live the Christian life without Jesus’ help and guidance. Like me, ask Jesus to help you live this life the way He knows will bless you the most. The precious Holy Spirit will help to bring you into all of the blessed truth God has for us.
Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
John 16:13
Sweet Jesus. Nothing like the Name that is above every other name. Jesus produces such joy in my heart.
“and the God of peace shall be with you.” Such sweet words.
Wow, nothing can calm my heart, protect my being, or produce more, deep, abiding peace and rest like the God of peace being with me. It’s just so incredibly good to be loved by God, to be dwelling near Him…=)
22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
23 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:
24 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
James 1:22-25
There is a way that seems right to a man,
But its end is the way of death.
Proverbs 14:12
Doers of the Word. What am I “doing?” “Doing” and “living” are pretty much interchangeable. How am I living day in and day out? How am I conducting myself? Am I doing my own thing?
Am I doing (“living” my life) doing things the way I was brought up to do, and do those things necessarily line up with the Word of God? Am I merely following in my parents footsteps. Did they do life God’s way? Am I “doing” (living) the way the world is “doing” life? Or, am I “doing” the Word? Am I living by the principles outlined in the Bible?
For example, if I’m reading God’s Word and doing what it says to do, my life will be redeemed from destruction (Psalm 103:4). I’ll be doing God’s will and abiding within the shadow of the Most High, close to God, close to His protection over my life.
Because the Bible tells me to love my wife, that’s what I’m going to do – I’m going to ask God to show me how to love my wife more and more because there’s a blessing in “doing” so for my wife and me. I’ve learned that loving my wife also blesses my children. I’m going to learn how to love my children the way God wants me to love them, and my neighbor as well.
For so many reasons the Bible talks about, I’m not going to use cuss words. I’m going to be slow to become angry, slow to speak and quick to listen. I’m not going to get drunk with wine but rather be filled with the Holy Spirit. I’m going to let God show me how to love my enemy. I’m going to be a good employee. I’m not going to steal anything.
I’m going to learn all I can about God’s wisdom as mentioned in the book of Proverbs. I’m going to cast all my care on Jesus, and let the peace of God rule in my heart. I’m going to learn how to not be afraid of sudden fear and to be anxious for nothing. I’m going to thank and praise God in everything and believe that He’s really working all things for my good.
I’m going to learn that I can trust in the Lord with all my heart and, like the apostle Paul, to be content all the time no matter the circumstance. And, I’m going to recieve all of the wonderful blessings that walking in God’s mercy, love, self-control and forgiveness afford me and those I’ve forgiven.
This is what being a “doer” of the Word is all about. I simply look into God’s Word and see what it has to say about how to handle life, how to behave, how to be blessed because God honors His Word and blesses those who “do” what it says to do. There are tremendous, supernatural blessings for obeying God’s Word.
If I’m not a doer of the Word, I will reap the consequences that come with doing life any other way than the way God says is the right way to “do” it.
1 Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.
2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;
4 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
6 The Lord executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.
7 He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel.
8 The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
9 He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever.
10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
11 For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
12 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
13 Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.
14 For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
15 As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
16 For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
17 But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children;
18 To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.
19 The Lord hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all.
20 Bless the Lord, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word.
21 Bless ye the Lord, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure.
22 Bless the Lord, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless the Lord, O my soul.
Psalm 103
Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.
Philippians 4:9
And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:7
God bless you all,
“and the God of peace shall be with you.” Mmmmmm. Nice to meditate on those Words. =)
Mark