Ezekiel 3:3 "Then he said to me, "Son of man, eat this scroll I am giving you and fill your stomach with it." So I ate it, and it tasted as sweet as honey in my mouth."
"Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth." 2 Timothy 2:15
Your Word, Lord, is our direction, our light, it is the guidebook for how we are to conduct ourselves, what we are to seek and what we should keep away from. It is the very essence of sitting at Your feet and having You teach us all things. You gave instruction for the writing of Your Word so we would always have the answers we need for each of life's situations. As we study Your Word, as Your Word becomes so embedded into our spirits, it should then be what comes from us, what directs our behavior and actions.
When we become filled with the Word of God, it should be the Word of God that comes from us, it should be the manner in which we conduct ourselves. Our lives should be a walking testimony of the Word of God. I am not saying that we will be perfect, no, there is but One who walked this earth in perfection, but I am saying we should be living the Word. We should no longer be acting in such a manner that would cause a young Christian to fall or to cause one to wonder why a Christian acts the way they are seeing. I know we all have seen people speak the Word and act in a different manner. We all have probably done it a time or two ourselves, forgive us, Lord. And there will be times in tiredness or stress when we will fail, but we know to immediately repent and ask forgiveness of the Lord and continue on our walk with humility. I believe sometimes this happens as we can tend to get puffed up and it is not us that is holy, but it is the Word of God in us.
Our lives should be one of a consistency. We should not be any different at work than we are at church. Nor should we be any different with our families and friends than we are with the pastors of our churches. Do you get what I am saying. We, if we have the Word of God within us, filling our spirit man, should never be saying things that are contrary to what the Lord would have us speak, or even thinking thoughts that are not pleasing to Him. If we have the Word of God in our hearts, then the Word of God should be coming from our mouths, all the time. Truth, love, mercy, grace should be flowing from us if this is what is in us. And if we say we are filled with the Word of God, then this is in us. When we are born again in Christ, then we are filled with His Holy Spirit, thus we are filled with His Word. As we study the Word of God, it enters our spirits, resides in our hearts and should be what comes from our mouths.
Father, fill us with Your grace, Lord, to be the same each day, the same around all peoples, the same before men as we are before You. Lord, let us not boast of anything but only of You. Give us the power of Your Word to fulfill the plans You have for each of our lives. Let us speak with the boldness of the Word that is in our spirits, our hearts. Let us be united together by the bounty of Your Word, the fullness of Your love and the sweetness of Your peace. Let us not make You, ever, Lord, ashamed of the way we speak, or the way in which we act. Let us always be as of the Word that is in us. Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in Your sight, O Lord, my Rock, and my Redeemer. In Jesus Name, Amen.
03-17-12
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