SEE IT AS IS THERE
Proverbs 4

“My son, give attention to my words; Incline you ear to my sayings. 21 Do not let them depart from your eyes; Keep them in the midst of your heart; 22 For they are life to those who find them, And health to all their flesh.” (Proverbs 4:20-22) In regard to the scriptural verse above, it is thoughtful to say that the word of God that one hears with ears and not able to see with eyes will not stay in the midst of one’s heart. The Bible makes us realize that the words of God are life and not just letters. John 6:63, “It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.” 2 Corinthians 3:6, “…For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.” How much does it require of you to begin to receive the word of God as life and not just letter? It is how you receive it that determines how it will answer for you. If the word is received as life just as you receive a direction to navigate your way to a destination, life will be straight forward at every juncture of direction and redirection from getting lost. This is an example of how you receive the word with your ear and see it with your eyes: If in getting to point “A” direction is being laid down for you by the one directing you and you are able to hear with your ear when and where to turn before getting to point “A”. Having heard with your ear, you begin to see in the midst of your heart where and when to turn. Your response to the one giving you direction will be “oh yes I see, I see” When you begin to see before getting there, then it means that the word of direction has entered your ear, your eyes have seen it (before getting there) and it is already programmed in the midst of your heart. What makes it difficult to receive the word of God the same? A film director or producer that presented the movie, Passion of Christ was not alive when Jesus went to Calvary. However, he was able to receive the word with his ear and it became a picture which could be seen as if he was there. The picture that he produced was fitting and almost true to life. After the separation of Abraham from Lot, when God told Abraham to see, Abraham must have seen it for it to become for Him. “For all the land which you see I give to you and your descendants for ever.” (Genesis 13:15) The word that you receive and are able to see as being there will determine what you become. Give attention to the word you receive, let your heart retain it and you will keep His command and have life abundantly.

Prayer for today: Ask God to feed you with the knowledge of His word in all wisdom and spiritual understanding.