22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. 24 For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. 25 But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.
Many are those who say they believe in God and believe in His Word, but sure do not act like it. The proof is in the pudding. But rather than focus on others, we need to take a good hard look at ourselves. Are we really acting like we believe what we say we do. Also, we tend to focus on what we do not do, whereas the emphasis here is on what we do. The Bible is not just a book of "don'ts"; it is more a book of dos. In the Garden God only gave one "don't", but a lot of "dos". When facing the day, let's look into God's book asking: "Lord, what do you want me to do to serve you and love others today?" Then do it.
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