Responsibility to Heed

Hello everyone,

How are you doing on this day? I hope well and bubbling in the Lord.

Primary Text

“But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.” James 1v22 (KJV)

Beloved, while there is the responsibility for watchmen to speak the truth, we also have the responsibility to heed to instruction, warning, counsel and the Word of God. Not everyone takes well to counsel, some even despise the vessel that it comes through. Proverbs 15v5 (AMP) tells us that “A fool despises his father’s instruction and correction, but he who regards reproof acquires prudence.” In Ezekiel 33v14-16 (KJV) the Word says “Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right; If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die. None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live.” We find that as individuals we have a responsibility to respond to the Word of the Lord. For example, if the wicked is told of his wicked ways and he turns from it, he will be saved. Beloved, do you heed the Word of God? Do you heed to corrections? Are you repentant? Proverbs 29v2 (TLB) says “The man who is often reproved but refuses to accept criticism will suddenly be broken and never have another chance.”

Supplementary Text

“And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of Him: For whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom He receiveth. If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.” Hebrews 12v5-8 (KJV)

Prayer

My Father and my God, I thank You for Your Word. Father, the grace to respond positively to Your instructions, please grant unto me in Jesus name, amen.