“Do as I
say, not as I do!” What is the lesson you are teaching? Knowing must be doing.
May’s Awakening, Day 16
The golden rule for understanding in
spiritual matters is not intellect, but obedience.
—Oswald Chambers
It does not require great learning to
be a Christian and be convinced of the truth of the Bible. It requires only an
honest heart and a willingness to obey God.
—Albert Barnes
No man is a successful commander who
has not first learned to obey.
—Chinese Proverb
Do
not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.
Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who
looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and
immediately forgets what he looks like. But whoever looks intently into the
perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting what they
have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do. James
1:22–25 NIV
Knowing the truth is a wonderful
thing. Diligently following the truth is even better, for what good is knowing
the truth if you ignore it or never put it to use? Spiritually, everything we
are comes from God—on our own, we are spiritually nothing. Therefore, to be
spiritual in any sense, requires that we be obedient to whence spirituality
comes. True spirituality is full obedience to the only One who has all the
correct answers. Once you know the truth, you are accountable for it. Knowing,
but ignoring, avoiding, or outwardly rejecting is worse than not knowing the
truth at all. In all truth, ignorance does not exempt you from its
consequences, but knowing and being disobedient in any fashion carries with it
even graver consequences. It is in the spiritual, as it is in the
physical—obedience rules.
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