God's word is waiting for you to respond
Responding correctly – or being responsible: 'response - able' – even affects our relationship and experience with God's Word (the Bible). You can choose to treat the Bible like any other old book and get nothing more than information from it, or you can treat it like God's ever-living Word, relevant to every situation you may face, and get the revelation and wisdom for life from it that God wants you to have. God's Word was always meant to be responded to. Remember what James said of our response to God's Word: "Don't just be a hearer of it but a doer". When we respond with faith to what we read we activate its incredible potential in our life and daily destinies.
Have you ever wondered why there are so many 'Amen's' in the Bible?
Amen is a Hebrew word. It is itself simply a statement of response. Amen means, "so be it", "it is sure", "yes I agree", or if you're from Portsmouth, "bring it on right here, right now". It's an activating statement. Like the phone call that activates the potential of your newly-delivered credit card so it is with your 'Amen' to what you read. The Bible requires a response from you, when you read it, if you want to release what's in it for your life and situations.
Today, don't just read the Bible – have a conversation with it. When you read a promise of God that is applicable to your situation release that promise with a response: "Yes, Father, in Jesus name that promise is yes and amen to my life too." There are over 8,000 promises that are 'yes and amen' to you but they remain words on the page till you release them with a faith-filled response. Today, read the Word and release your response: AMEN – "so be it, it is certain, bring it on!"
Make the decision to respond to God, to respond to the people God has given you, and to respond to His word as living truth waiting to be activated for your life. If the lepers had not responded to Jesus' words and instruction, but just sat there and listened, nothing would have happened. It was when they responded by doing what He said that their miracle was released.
God bless,
Andy
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