Great Point

Regular readers of this post would have seen the comment by Kitty the other day regarding having little time for herself and her struggle to become a Proverbs 31 Woman. I am sure there are many women who struggle with this.

I’ve been reading a book called ‘Undercover‘ by John Bevere and he makes the point how important it is that we read the word of God and get it from Him first hand. That often receiving second-hand accounts of something does not instill the Word of God in us. We can hear and read things that inspire us but it doesn’t implant the Word firmly inside us. He used Eve as an example. Eve wasn’t told by God not to pick the fruit in the garden – she was told by Adam, and John Bevere believes that because she hadn’t been told first-hand it didn’t mean as much to her. The evidence he used for this was in Genesis 3:1-3 where she says to the serpeant ‘We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden’ but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die’.” Now she says ‘God has said’ which indicates she was told by someone else what God said. Also He didn’t say anything about not touching the fruit, just that they weren’t to eat it. John says a whole lot of other things and they really make sense and our church makes this book compulsory reading for people in leadership there.

I encourage you to do the same, or check with your Pastor for recommended reading. And I urge you all to take the time to read God’s Word everyday so it is instilled within because you may find that much confusion is therefore shifted from you. So, enjoy reading books, blogs, things on the web, but don’t let it become a substitute for reading God’s Word first-hand – make the time for that and you’ll find that He will help you with the time for everything else.