FAITH CAPSULE:One that despises the word of God is set for self-destruction.

Luke 11:1-28
 
Jesus was minding His business: teaching the word, healing and delivering the oppressed (propagating the Kingdom of Heaven on earth) when a certain woman made known her heart. It is written, “And it happened, as He spoke these things, that a certain woman from the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, “Blessed is the womb that bore You, and the breasts which nursed You!”But He said, “More than that, blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it.”(Luke 11:27-28)Without doubt, the certain woman must have been in place hearing the words of Jesus; impressed and decided to speak out with emotion, in appreciation of the word of God when she raised her voice and made the statement above. Just like the woman was in the place where Jesus was teaching before she responded with emotion, today many are in the place where the same word of God is being preached responding with emotion. Jesus’ response to the woman’s emotional response is same to those that are being caught up with emotional response to the teaching of the word of God today.
Jesus’ response: “Blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it!” Does this speak to you? It is time to stop the emotion of hearing the word without keeping what the word of God says.
Hearing the word of God does not become a blessing for one that does not keep and heed to the word of God. When hearing the word of God is backed with keeping the word of God, getting blessed becomes undeniable.
One that hears the word and keep the word of God will undoubtedly heed to what the word is saying. Jesus cannot waste word when He stated, “Blessed are those who hear and keep the word.” Jesus must have known then that many are coming to hear but not keep the word of God. Hearing and not keeping to the word of God is to despise the word of God. One that despises the word is set for self-destruction. To hear the word of God and keep to it demands walking in His way and not in a way that seems right unto us. Proverbs 14:12 points to what it is not to walk in the way of God’s word, “There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.” Are you one that desires life? Take to the word of God and get out of mere emotion by hearing and keeping the word of God.
Keeping the word is taking and maintaining the life Jesus came to give us that we may have life abundantly.

Prayer for today:Ask for the grace that makes man to hear and keep the living word of God.