| Daily Thought — April
9, 2008 |
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| LIVING THE
SOLUTION WITH DAILY INSPIRATION |
Do not
merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves.
Do what it says. ( James 1:22 — New International
Version)
We have talked about how the enemy can
deceive us with his lies and accusations, but can a believer
deceive themselves as well? Yes. Over the next few days
we will look at the different ways the Bible says we can
deceive ourselves.
First, and sometimes the hardest, is reading the Bible
or hearing a great message and then not acting on what
we have heard or read. This can come in many forms. Most
of us would recognize the times when we have heard a message
about reaching the lost, going to those that need Jesus
and sharing our faith, and then we go and do nothing. That’s
the easy one to see, but there are others as well. How
about when the Bible says that you are a child of God,
the focus of His affection that knew and loved you before
He laid the foundations of the Earth? Do you act on this?
Do you treat yourself like the child of God that He sees
you as? If not, then you are deceiving yourself. You see,
we don’t just deceive ourselves when we fail to go
out to the world and tell them about Jesus, we also deceive
ourselves when we refuse to believe and act upon the things
God say about us. Both are important.
If the Bible says to do something. then do it. If it says that God looks at you
in a certain way, then believe it and accept it. Do not continue to deceive yourself.
Live intentionally, purposely, free and with passion,
Pete Reinbold
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