Rom 4:18, KJV Who against hope believed in hope, that he
might become the father of many nations; according to that which was spoken, So
shall thy seed be.
Many times as believers, we see a disconnect between what
the word of God says about us and how our lives are playing out. We stumble and
or listen to messages that teach us who we are in Christ and what we can do now
as believers, however, the reality is not seen in our own everyday living.
Some have come to the conclusion that the Bible is no longer
applicable to us and our time, so they don't take it seriously anymore. They
seemed to have high hopes in the scriptures until they begin to notice how
their expectations from the same scriptures have not seen the light of day.
Maybe they shouldn't take it seriously as they did. And they
begin to see preachers and those who take the word of God seriously as fake
since they can't see any difference in their own lives.
However there is an incontrovertible truth that is not
based on the experience of any singular person, it is that the word of God is
true. Our individual experience can't overrule this truth. The word of God is
true, no matter the generation or time it is preached. The word of God is
living and powerful. It will always produce.
And this is where many miss it. They read the Bible
consistently for the space of 7 days and expect so much to have changed about
them within that period of time. Patience with the word is one virtue you and I
must cultivate. It's not that the word of God cannot change us, but how long
have we've exposed ourselves to the word, some habits will take longer time in
the word to be stopped.
For some people it was after a 5-hour word teaching that
certain negative desires were dropped off. Imagine if such fellow didn't go to
that length of word baptism, will they get this result? Don't see devotion to
the word as a 100meter race but as a marathon. Expose yourself to the word via
different means consistently. You will see the word of God work in your own
life too.
