don’t just read the Word, meditate on it

God’s Word is active and living. It’s sharper than any two-edged sword (Hebrews 4:12). But just reading it just to read it does nothing. You have to truly meditate on it (Psalm 1:2). You have to truly reflect on what God has written. You have to go to Him with your questions, concerns, and confusion. You have to let Him work in you. You have to let Him lead. You have to do what it says. If you don’t do that, you are just a hearer, not a doer (James 1:22-25).

When you’re a doer, God becomes your everything. When you’re a hearer, God is just something that can be tossed to the side in favor of what you want. Guess what? The world isn’t about what you want; it’s about what God wants. And God wants us to want Him. God wants us to delight in Him. God wants our love. God wants us to love our neighbors as ourselves. God wants us to be obedient so He can make us perfect as He is perfect.

God wants so much for us, and if you only care to hear what makes your ears itch, you can’t be what He wants. If you keep playing in God’s face, you can’t be with Him in eternity (Ephesians 5:5-8). So repent. Be a doer of His Word, stop itching those ears, put Him first, and do what is right before God says it’s too late for you to do anything at all.