But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
~James 1:22
There is a very real danger that comes with knowing the truth while living as though we don't. The more we allow truth to remain head knowledge only, like an abstract theory that is good philosophical fodder but has no bearing on every day life and actions, the more we find ourselves claiming to believe in God yet living as though He doesn't exist. Truth must be taken past the head into the heart so that it can effect change and bear fruit, else it will lose it's power in and for us. Taking the truth only surface deep is like taking only two days of antibiotics. After a while we become resistant to the medicine and it no longer helps. It takes more and more to work. It takes more pain and more miraculous power for God to get through to us and help us, once the truth no longer effectively brings about change in our lives. Once we can acknowledge truth as truth while living in direct opposition to truth life gets harder and harder. We deceive ourselves. We come up with lies that excuse us from living as though truth is not truth, and so after a while, no matter what we say, we no longer believe. But if we take the truth in deeper, let it in past our head and down into the core of who we are, we can not help but be swayed by it, changed by it, and therefore act on it.
Abba, help me to take Your truth in deeper and deeper. Let it change me and mold me so that I act on it and live by it. Let Your Word be the fuel that powers my life and not just theory that has no effect on who I am, so that I can always find the help I need in You and do not become immune or resistant. Amen.
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