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But
he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation
built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat
vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was
great.
– Luke 6:49
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Do you ever have seasons in
your life when it seems like every time you go to church and every time
you spend time in prayer and every time you open the Bible, you receive a
revelation from God? I do. Spiritually, everything will be going great.
I’ll be higher than a Georgia pine. Then, suddenly, something starts to
happen. I start drying up in spiritual things.
It seems like it
doesn’t make any difference what I pray or how much I read the Word, I
can’t get anywhere spiritually. I’m so dry my spirit’s creaking!
That
used to baffle me. I didn’t know what the cause was. I didn’t have any
sin in my life. I’d taken care of that. I was still praying. Still
meditating. Still acting on and confessing the Word. But instead of
getting results, I was getting nowhere. I’d stand in front of my mirror
and confess faith over and over again and the only thing that happened
was that my voice got tired!
If that’s ever happened to you, may I
make a suggestion? Backtrack and find the last thing God told you to do
that you didn’t do—and do it!
It’s probably nothing big.
Just a seemingly small thing. But, believe me, those minor
disobediences will dry up the flow of the Spirit just like the major
ones will.
Most of us don’t realize that. We’ll get on our knees
and say, “Oh Lord, I want to go to China for You. I’ll go to Africa.
I’ll go to Russia.” But when God says, Go next door, we just shrug it off.
“I
can’t do that,” we’ll say. “That guy next door doesn’t like me.
Besides, I want to be like Brother Schambach and get a big tent.”
If
you’ve done something like that, repent. Then pick up where you left
off and do what God directed. And from now on, remember, no matter how
insignificant God’s instructions may seem, obeying them is no small
thing! It’s those simple acts of obedience that will make your spiritual
house stand...or fall. All the small things combined become the
direction of our lives.
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