Insightful, Biblical Devotions
“Be very careful, then, how you live – not as unwise but as wise, 16 making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. 17 Therefore do not be foolish but understand what the Lord’s will is” (Eph. 5:15-17).
It is God’s plan that we walk in His will. And in order to walk in the will of God, we must learn a valuable lesson. We must learn to listen to Him because listening to God is essential to walking in the will of God. You will find yourself in the following passage of scripture: “22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; 24 for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. 25 But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does” (James 1:22-25).
The effectual doer will be blessed in what he does. Every Christian is in one of two categories: we are either purposeful listeners or passive listeners. Purposeful listeners are people who listen intently. They listen with the purpose of learning. Absorbing and incorporating into their lives. That means applying to their lives the truth that they heard. They intend for something to happen and so they listen with purpose.
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