{"id":687,"date":"2009-09-14T06:00:42","date_gmt":"2009-09-14T13:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devonline.us\/dailyevotional\/?p=687"},"modified":"2009-09-15T10:11:53","modified_gmt":"2009-09-15T17:11:53","slug":"%e2%80%9cjust-do-it%e2%80%9d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/%e2%80%9cjust-do-it%e2%80%9d\/","title":{"rendered":"JUST DO IT!"},"content":{"rendered":"

James 1:22 & 25<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. The man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it\u2014he will be blessed in what he does.”<\/span><\/p>\n

In a few weeks we will be seeing mallard ducks flying low over the house. There is a whistle to their wings as they fly and they are extremely graceful in flight. On the ground is another matter. They waddle in an awkward manner. I think many of us have seen films of Penguins walking, versus the magnificent way they swim. The difference is that these creatures were created by God to be more at home in their natural element. Ducks in flight\u2014penguins in water.<\/p>\n

It is not difficult to determine what the pattern of this world is.\u00a0 Pick up a newspaper, turn on the television, listen to the radio, or talk with unregenerate people and we will immediately discover the pattern of this world.\u00a0 Simply stated, it is that which is not in complete harmony with God’s Word, God’s plan and\/or God’s purposes. God has designed us to soar with Him in obedience.<\/p>\n

In refusing to be conformed to this world, we need to recognize that we will be seen as “different.”\u00a0 I guess that is what it is all about, isn’t it?\u00a0 We are called to be children of the King and as such we are not to be conformed to the ways that define the ways of the world.\u00a0 Instead we are to be transformed by the renewing of our mind.\u00a0 It is like the waddling ducks lifting into the sky.\u00a0 We are meant to fly\u2014not waddle.\u00a0 I hope you understand what I mean.<\/p>\n

We are to approve what God’s will is.\u00a0 It is not enough to test the Word to discover God’s ways\u2014we are also to approve God\u2019s will.\u00a0 By approving God’s will, we are to get in step with His will.\u00a0 This means doing and approving what others are doing to fulfill the will of Him who has given us new life.\u00a0Stop waddling and start soaring! \u00a0<\/p>\n

Blessings dear hearts. Draw near to God today, trust Him completely and be a blessing!<\/p>\n

– – – Pastor Cecil<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

James 1:22 & 25 “Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. The man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it\u2014he will be blessed in what he does.” In a few […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-james"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyevotional.com\/prior2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}