you've gotta work it

Paster Steven Furtick of Elevation Church is doing a four week series on the book of James, simply titled The Essential James (I wonder if a comic book geek came up with the name for this). This week, it as chapter 1, verses 22 to 25.

One of the points he was driving home was that the Bible isn't what changes your life--it's the application of it. That means if I'm going to bother listening to what the Word of God is telling me to do, I'd better be darn ready to do something about it.

I'll say that right now, I'm still sort of coasting on that high that comes right after giving myself to Christ again. However, like in any relationship, this high is going to drop off sooner or later. It's not because God's suddenly left me or that I will have done something wrong--it just happens. It's going to be during those slumps that I'm going to have to try especially hard to remember to actually live God's word, not just listen.

Do the word, do the word, do the word...because it don't work unless you work it.