DAILY READINGS: 2 Samuel 21; Jeremiah 5; Galatians 6
Be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own
selves. James 1:22
It is easy to hear a good message or to read a good thought and
even to remark upon its quality, and then to go on unchanged by it.
This is like remarking upon a good medicine that could cure one’s
illness, yet never taking it. If we act thus, we can hardly blame the
medicine for not benefi ting us. The Word of God, faithfully ministered,
is good and needed spiritual medicine. But we must do more
than simply applaud it. We must take it in and let it change us. We
are deceived if we think well of ourselves because we merely hear
what is good, but fail to be doers of it. —Doug Kazen
Let me know my need, Lord, and Thy glories see,
Grow in grace and knowledge, more and more like Thee! —Alfred P. Gibbs