Seasoning for Your Doing

January 11, 2019

Seasoning for Your Doing

But be doers of the word, and not merely hearers who deceive themselves.

James 1:22 (NRSV)

About a week ago, (January 3), I wrote about our secret place. How good it is when we still our hearts and hear Abba whisper, “You are my beloved, with whom I am delighted and upon whom my favor rests.” But Jesus didn’t stay in his secret place, and neither shall we. Our mission is to take the wonder of our personal experience with God and share our lives with the world around us.

When you read the Gospels, you find that Jesus was mostly on the move, going from village to village to meet the poor, captives, blind, and all who were in need. When Jesus met with the people, the seasoning of his quiet time in his secret place with God was always evident. As we are witnesses for Christ, we too want the seasonings of our secret place to be evident.

Often the ways of the world, especially those of the social media, influence our witness. We must guard against this so the world’s ways don’t drown out the seasonings of our secret place with God. Two scriptures have become increasingly important to me as a hedge of protection against the ways of the world’s culture.

“If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.”

Romans 12:18

Therefore encourage one another and build each other up,

just as in fact you are doing.

1 Thessalonians 5:11

My Takeaway: I believe incorporating these verses into our lives will make us “doers of the word.” I also believe the more we listen for our Abba to say, “You are my beloved, with whom I am delighted and upon whom my favor rests,” the more we will become doers of His Word!

Sē’lah

Alex

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com. The BLOG is also available on Amazon Kindle, by subscription.

Publications by Alex M. Knight:

·        Seeking the Life in Christ, Meditations on the New Testament and Psalms has been published and is now available at Amazon.com in paperback and Kindle.

·        The second edition of First Think – Then Pray is available on Amazon Kindle.

·        Meditations on The Story of My Life as told by Jesus Christ has been released as an e-book on Amazon Kindle.

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