What are you listening to?
Rom. 10:17; (KJV)
“So, faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”
Introduction.
I like to listen to people because their words locate them in regard to what they believe. The bible says out of our heart the mouth speaks. This is of course not out physical hear but what we treasure the most in our life. Where the heart is also what you treasure the most. The problem is that we don’t spend enough time in meditating and studying the Word of God.
What is faith?
The epistle of Hebrews 11: 1 state that, “NOW FAITH is the assurance (the confirmation, the title deed) of the things [we] hope for, being the proof of things [we] do not see and the conviction of their reality [faith perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses].”
What does this mean? It means that even though you can’t see something happening right now you believe it because the word of God says it’s so. For instance, Psalms 23:1 state “The Lord is my shepherd, and I shall not want.” You look at your check book and you see you are down to nothing and it’s still a long time before you are going to get paid. What do you do? You confess what the word of God states and not what you five senses tell you.
Scripture also states that we “walk by faith and not by sight”. 2 Cor. 5: 7. Once again we look to what the word of God says about our circumstances and not what our circumstances are saying.
What are you Listening to?
Have you ever really analyzed what you are watching and hearing every day? The news is filled with doubt, murder, desperation, wars, famines, and anything else that is negative in the world. Have you ever asked yourself why they don’t report about all the good things that are going on in the world? Why don’t the news stations report on the work that Christians are doing around the world? There are many very good organizations feeding people, building houses for the poor, helping inner city kids, and helping the elderly in the United States and around the world. The reason they don’t report on good things is because the entire world is in the hands of the evil one and he uses the media to keep people living in fear and bondage.
Victorious Living
The key to living a victorious life is not attending church every once in a while. The key to living a victorious and abundant life comes from studying and practicing the word of God. God has filled His word with so many precious promises to lift us up and set us free. Some people say I just don’t have the time. But these same people will turn on the television in the bedroom every night and watch it for three to four hours until they fall asleep. If you take time to read the word of God and spend less time watching the TV, you would see how much your life would improve.
Remember how you think is how you will believe. And how you believe is how you will live!
Read the word of God and you will see how much your faith will grow!