FAITH PRESCRIPTION: You cannot seek God in His word and not have encounter with Him.

Judges 2:6-23

It is impossible to love God and not be obedient to His word. You can claim that you love God, but in reality you don’t really love Him. Knowing to love God that is, having a personal relationship with God goes beyond the knowledge gained through a preacher. Preaching to people is not an indication of reaching the people. A believer can be preached to and not be reached. To know and love God personally goes beyond going to church service. To read The Bible one or two times per week is not enough. When we read the Word of God, we will find out how close Jesus is to us. If you a have a child in school and you ask someone to pick the child up without informing the school authorities, they will not release the child until they get a written word or consent from the parents. Just as how your word speaks for you, so does God’s Word speak for Him. God’s Word is alive and active. Look at what happened to the children of Israel after Joshua had died: “Now Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died when he was one hundred and ten years old. And they buried him within the border of his inheritance at Timnath Heres, in the mountains of Ephraim, on the north side of Mount Gaash. When all that generation had been gathered to their fathers, another generation arose after them who did not know the LORD nor the work which He had done for Israel.” (Judges 2:8-10) How can we know the Lord if we do not spend time in His written word? The Bible mentions that the later generation of the children of Israel did not know God or the work of His hand. They failed to seek and know the word that would have given them life. As a result, “…the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served the Baals.” (Judges 2:11)They did not just serve the Baals or other false gods; they were lost in evil deeds because they had neglected the word of God. You cannot seek God and not have an encounter with Him. Also, it is the amount of time that you spend in His word that will determine how much you desire God to carry you in your daily walks. Sunday service alone is not enough to feed or satisfy your soul. Whatever it is that is preventing you from spending time in the word of God, ask God to deliver you from it for His glory and He will do it. He is a faithful God and He will give you the desires of your heart. When you know Him, you will love and be obedient to Him.

Prayer for today: Deliver me O Lord from every agent of distraction.