Be Doers of the Word, Not Hearers Only: the Bible is Your Owner’s Manual. Luke 6:46-49

We all hear the Word. But do we obey it, or just nod and say, “Oh, that’s a nice thought, very inspirational.”

Poetry, speeches, even songs can inspire and delight. But God’s Word demands more—actual obedience. We are supposed to change, not just get goose bumps or tears over a moving bit of language.

He expects us to OBEY.

Do you obey? Does the idea even occur to you? The Word should pierce your heart, or step on your toes sometimes. Sometimes it should make you uncomfortable. Does it? Do you respect and revere God’s Word that much?

Obedience is the key to life.

God’s Word is the owners’ manual for life on earth. If you follow the instructions, you will succeed. If you think it’s all just touching poetry, you will fail.

Here’s an acronym for the Bible:

B.        Basic

I.          Instructions

B.        Before

L.         Leaving

E.        Earth.

The Bible is your Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth.

Are you following the instructions? Ask God to help you, to show where you are not following, to show you what to do.

Jesus said if you obey, if you build your life on His Word, your life will be solid. If not, it will all be washed away. Your mother and I have done our best to build our home on His Word. Consider Luke 6:46-49.

Why do you call Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say? Everyone who comes to Me and hears My words and acts on them, I will show you whom he is like: he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid a foundation on the rock; and when a flood occurred, the torrent burst against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built. But the one who has heard and has not acted accordingly, is like a man who built a house on the sand without any foundation; and the torrent burst against it and immediately it collapsed, and the ruin of that house was great.

The floods WILL come. Build your house, your LIFE on the Rock of His Word. Don’t simply be inspired. Obey.

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*I took the picture above of five abandoned cars that were washed by flood waters into deep ditches on Clay Road west of Houston, following Hurricane Harvey in August of 2017. I have always assumed the owners got out of the cars while still on the pavement (when they stalled in the rising floodwaters), and the cars were washed into the ditches later as the water rose even higher.