All the time, God has me learning to be more patient, more loving, more peaceful, more at rest in my spirit, more gentle, more forgiving, more understanding, more giving, less selfish, a better husband, father, and neighbor…
For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:
Isaiah 28:10
While I’m on earth, I’ll always be learning how to apply God’s Word to my life. That’s what’s meant by learning to live in God’s truths, line upon line…☺
At one time in my life, I had equated knowing theology (and striving to get top grades in it), knowing a lot about the Word, knowing a lot about how God works without truly knowing God. Big mistake.
What I really needed (and God knew it all along), however, was to become a doer of the Word to truly know Him, to become intimate with Him in a relationship that would redeem me and renew my mind. I needed to apply the scripture to my life. I needed to memorize it and call on it whenever I needed its truth to rescue or guard me from the devil’s lies and traps he’d had a part in establishing in my life.
So get rid of all the filth and evil in your lives, and humbly accept the word God has planted in your hearts, for it has the power to save your souls. But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves (this is what I was doing). For if you listen to the word and don’t obey, it is like glancing at your face in a mirror. You see yourself, walk away, and forget what you look like. But if you look carefully into the perfect law that sets you free, and if you do what it says and don’t forget what you heard, then God will bless you for doing it (It’s true, His ways will always bless us). James 1:21-25
God bless,
Mark