the call

How well do you know the bible? Do you have scripture memorized? Or are you newer in your faith working on learning some verses? Either way God is pleased when we read his word, but he doesn't just want us to read....Sounds crazy but more than he wants us to read his word, he wants us to put it into action!!

James 1:22-25
Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says, anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it-he will be blessed in what he does. 

When we don't know what God wants us to do he may speak to you through other people, or he may speak to you through his word. When we read the bible he doesn't want us to read it to know what it says but to do the example that he gives us in his word.

James 1:26-27
If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not keep a tight reign on his tongue, he deceives himself and his religion is worthless. Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

Read some scripture today and see what God is telling to not only know but to do! Not everyone will have the same calling in life, but God does want us to look after those in distress and to keep ourselves from the pollution of the world.


prayer:
What can I do to show you to the world today? How can I be an example? Lord show me the way for me. Help me to hold my tongue and use it as an encourager and not a harmful weapon.
Amen.