Title Day. 24 Transformation by Truth
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We believe the Word has power.
Clearly, God communicates to us through His Word and works.
There are times when a man's deceitful heart thinks how wonderful it would be if miracles happen by the power of the Holy Spirit and the presence of God is always felt whenever the Word is read. Then, even if you do not read the Word, you will be able to read it, and if you do not pray, you will not be able to do it. I used to think like this a lot when I was a kid. Of course, I still can't say it's not very good, but...
At a moment like this, I think that it would be better if God just read the Word, overflowing with constant life in me, and working his power in the filling of the Holy Spirit.
But these days, I am gradually realizing that God wants us to become God's march (real soldiers) little by little through our patience and training, rather than working by grabbing people's hearts by the improvised work of the Holy Spirit. He leaves us room to work to grow our frail souls who are accustomed to always doing nothing and only getting things for free. In my opinion, if God's amazing miracles and works happen whenever we want to see His Word, we will soon get used to it and it will become a daily routine rather than a miracle. When miracles become routine, they have no power. The Israelites saw many miracles of God from Egypt, but later, through the prophets, they betrayed God and worshiped idols.
In order for human beings to truly change, I believe that it is impossible with a momentary opportunity. Of course, it could be the beginning, but...
Except in special cases, it seems that God does not change us well by reading the Word once and praying once. It's because you know our temperament all too well.
As the author puts it, God seems to want us to not only believe that the Word is truth, but to receive it, read it, study it, remember it, reflect it, and apply it in our lives. However, I am usually used to reading and researching, but I seem to neglect to engrave and repeat (recite) the words on the stone tablets of my heart and reflect them in real life.
There were many times when I thought that I had done my minimum duty by doing a brief QT in the morning and reading the Word before bed, and I did not invest much time in conversing with God in my life and meditating on and repeatedly remembering the Word of God. It really hurts me to know in my head but not to put it into practice.
However, he said that God is pleased by giving up my place to Jesus little by little without hoping for a big instantaneous change. I can't do everything right now, but I don't want to let go of trying to please him.