Everything in our spiritual development isn’t up to God. Is that something you already knew? It is our responsibility to grow up spiritually on the Word of God. As a baby we aren’t expected to know much. A baby can tell when he/she is hungry and cries out for food. Spiritually we also know when we are in need of food. Oftentimes we sense an inner emptiness or a dryness that only can be satisfied with the Word of God. I remember being so hungry when I first gave my life to Jesus I could hardly wait for my time of Bible reading. I would sit for hours reading just to absorb what God had to say. There were times I would get so excited I had to share my revelation/insight with those who would listen. It’s like it had to bust out.
God would show me things. The more I read the more connections I would see between different books of the Bible. A word would often trigger my thoughts to something I had read elsewhere. It was like a tapestry being revealed in my spirit. I trusted a living God would talk to me. He knew just what I needed to hear and was more than able to show me where to look. Someone suggested to me to underline scriptures so I could go back and remember what God had said. My Bible became my textbook. I underlined, highlighted, wrote thoughts, connected Bible verses and became totally convinced if I could have only one thing as a possession in my life it would be my Bible. It had everything I ever needed. My Bible had God’s words/thoughts written down for me to read and study.
As we mature in God, there comes a time (in fact many times) when you need to press into what you know. When I’m talking know, it’s not what we know in our head but what we know in our heart. These are the things that we know that we know; things unshakeable no matter what. Life will have challenges. As silly as this might sound, I was kind of surprised to discover that. I somehow got the idea I would be exempt from sickness, disease, poverty, lack, relationship challenges – oh, you get the idea. But we are not exempt. God’s promises carry us through those times. Psalms 23:4 says we walk THROUGH the valley of the shadow of death. As children of God, it’s our responsibility to take the word of God and attack the problem. We become the TRUTH enforcement officer by saying. Just like Jesus, we declare “it is written.” If sickness comes our way we boldly say NO sickness – “By Jesus’s stripes I was healed.” “No weapon formed against me shall prosper.” “On the authority of God’s Word you have to leave.”
Whatever the need, the Word of God has the solution. I trust most of you reading this post will have already discovered the importance of spending time in the Word of God, but if you haven’t today is a good day to change that!