Read
Only—No Action Required?
What
good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? James 2:14 (NIV)
• Apply. . .
• Use. . .
• Utilize. . .
If
we treat the Bible like a read-only document, then what’s the point? The Bible offers
us much more than a historical outline of nail biting, cliffhanging pursuits
and feats. It’s more than a collection of our favorite verses that we love to
quote. It’s more than a place to record births, marriages, and deaths.
The printed Word is the
Living Word!
The
Bible gives us a glimpse before time began, and a peek after it ends. But, it’s
the span in the middle—that we should pay close attention to. Those are the
pages that gives us God’s blueprint for mankind.
The
Bible gives us real-life situations of how people made it against all odds. Those
examples are there to teach us about the faithfulness, love, and power of God.
Faith
is more than just another word in the Bible.
By
faith; we know God will give us step-by-step instructions, because He gave Noah
directions on how to build an ark. By faith; we know not to worry when faced
with high-ranking powerful enemies, because God gave Moses the courage to face Pharaoh.
By faith; we know if we bring our little to God, He will multiply it just like
Jesus did with the five loaves and two fish.
Those accounts are for our edification.
To
put it in a nutshell: The purpose of those old testimonials is to show us how to
apply God’s Word to our lives: Today—Right Now!
To
say it another way: If we don’t take the Word as a personal road map for our individual
lives, then it will remain as a read-only file. We have to receive revelation
that the Word of God is Him talking to us personally—at
this moment in time.
I
personalize the Scriptures by inserting my name to make God’s promises—His personal
vows to me. God will do the same for us as He did for the men and women in the
Bible because Jesus Christ is the same today as He was yesterday. (Hebrews
13:8)
Faith Does
Require Action!
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