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January 14th 2021

David_Orr • January 14, 2021
Faith that Works
Forgetting or Ignoring What you See 22 'But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. 24 For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. 25 But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing. ' James 1:22-25 https://my.bible.com/bible/59/JAS.1.22-25 Would you walk up to the mirror and see your hair sticking up in every direction and not try to get it under control? If there were veggies stuck between your teeth would you just turn and walk away. I have CPAP hair almost every morning because the mask harness gives me an Alfalfa cowlick. I take a shower to make it lay down because a wet comb usually doesn’t work. When I don’t have anywhere to go I just don’t look in the mirror because if I don’t see it I don’t have to fix it. That’s why most Christians have apprehensions about reading the Book of James intently because he makes you look at yourself. Physically you wouldn’t look in the mirror and not try to fix what you can but Spiritual fixing takes faith. But this is the internal application – this mirror has a mirror. The external application is when we look out into our congregations and our world we mirror our internal forgetfulness outward. We are not oblivious to our surroundings but like when I am not going anywhere we forgo looking in that mirror. If I look the other way and don’t see I am not responsible… Right? How did we know that if we didn’t turn away we would see something we would be compelled to help? It is the Holy Spirit’s Work to show us such things. We walk through life with our personal agenda blindfold on and complain that “God doesn’t lead me to do anything”. We’ve been walking around with our heads down in our own situations and haven’t given thought to those around us. How are your neighbors doing? Is someone within your circle of influence in the darkness of despair? Please LOOK? 19 'Do not quench the Spirit. 20 Do not despise prophecies, 21 but test everything; hold fast what is good. 22 Abstain from every form of evil. ' 1 Thessalonians 5:19-22 https://my.bible.com/bible/59/1TH.5.19-22 'And these are the ones along the path, where the word is sown: when they hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that is sown in them. ' Mark 4:15 https://my.bible.com/bible/59/MRK.4.15

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