Today's "My Utmost For His Highest" by Oswald Chambers speaks of a TRUTH that even many born again believers do not really understand! Here is a portion of it:
The simplicity that is in Christ. — 2 Corinthians 11:3
Simplicity is the secret of seeing things clearly. A saint does not think clearly for a long while, but a saint ought to see clearly without any difficulty. You cannot think a spiritual muddle clear, you have to obey it clear. In intellectual matters you can think things out, but in spiritual matters you will think yourself into cotton wool. If there is something upon which God has put His pressure, obey in that matter, bring your imagination into captivity to the obedience of Christ with regard to it and everything will become as clear as daylight. The reasoning capacity comes afterwards, but we never see along that line, we see like children; when we try to be wise we see nothing (Matthew 11:25).
What he is saying here is that if we try to understand the Word of God with our minds without committing to obey that Word, the Word will remain unclear. Kenneth E, Hagin gave the example from his own life of rejoicing in the revelation he was receiving from the Word of God every day, UNTIL he came to the instruction to not worry. He laughed that off as impossible for him because he had always been the greatest worrier! From that moment on the Word began to be dry and lifeless to him. When he asked the Lord about this he was told to go back to his last act of obedience. When he did, and repented of deciding that he couldn't obey, committing to NOT worry, with the help of Holy Spirit, then the Word again came alive to him! We have the instruction to meditate the Word of God in Joshua 1:8:
8 This Book of the Law shall not depart out of your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe and do according to all that is written in it. For then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall deal wisely and have good success.
Notice that the meditation of the Word (reading, hearing, speaking, pondering, imagining) is for the purpose of seeing (observing) how you can obey it! When we DO the Word we understand, greater Wisdom and understanding will result, layer upon layer! THAT is how we are able to make our way prosperous (being in control of our lives and not under the control of others), to deal wisely in every area, and have GOOD success! Remember, true success is being WHERE God wants you to be, doing WHAT He wants you to do! It all comes through a combination of prayer, praise and worship, study and meditation of God's Word and simple and prompt obedience to it! AMEN! Let's get busy being DOERS of the Word! Here is Hillsong United with one of my favorite songs called "Say The Word":
Shalom in Him!
