Humbly Accept The Word
Planted In You
My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should
be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, because human anger
does not produce the righteousness that God desires. Therefore, get rid of all
moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word
planted in you, which can save you.
Do
not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone
who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks
at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and
immediately forgets what he looks like. But whoever looks intently into the
perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting what they
have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do.
Those
who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their
tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless. Religion that God
our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and
widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
James 1:19-27
Do
you know what true religion and true faith are all about? True religion –
genuine faith – is an expression of how we relate to our God. One evidence of our new identity in Christ is the way we
care for one another – teaching to the most frail and vulnerable among us, to
those most in need of help.
True
religion is not a garment to be taken on and off. It is a lofty challenge about
how we live before a holy God and others.
You don’t advertise your religion by wearing a label
you do it by living a life.
Our Daily Bread –