Hosanna Restoration Church

How does it all apply to me? That is a question that I think we all have when it comes to God’s Word. People who are not believers hear Christians talk about the Word of God and how it is life to them that find it and it is health to all flesh and they wonder how that works. People who are believers hear others talk about walking in faith and they wonder how to make that work. Yes we do! Don’t say you have it all figured out. No one has it all hitting on every cylinder. Certainly some have their faith engine running better than others, but only Jesus ever had it all together.

So what can we do? Well, the Bible tells us to get understanding. We are also told how important wisdom is and that true wisdom comes from above, or from God to be exact. God is not the man upstairs, He is God and we should be considerate enough to call him that. Anyway, as I considered this question of how the Word applies to our lives I felt like the Lord said just to apply it. As we apply it we will see how it works.

Yes, I believe it really is that simple! Jesus never made things complicated. God never made them complicated even in the Old Testament. It has always been men to complicated things so much that many give up on even trying to apply it.

When I was growing up, we had a special salve that we used on serious cuts and scrapes. Serious was defined as those that became infected. If things would heal without the salve, we did not waste this special salve. One thing we were always certain of was that no matter what the wound was, when we put the salve on it and covered it, in a few days all would be well. Why didn’t we use it till things were infected? I guess because we had a limited supply and did not want to waste it if it was not necessary. The can was always in the cupboard, we needed only to apply it. Because we were so careful of how we used it, we still have a little around the house even today and we still use it the same way. All we have to do is apply it.

I don’t know why the stuff worked so well, but I wish they still made it so we could use it on everything, but they don’t, so we don’t. Do you see where I am headed here? The word of God is not limited, and yet many leave it in the cupboard and wait until there is a problem to try and apply it. God wants us to apply it all the time. We can slop it on all over our lives and even better we can spill it on other people and we will never run out. And it always works. I mean it always works! An unbeliever can apply the word of God and God will watch over that word to perform it. How else would anyone get saved? I don’t know how it applies or works in your life, I just know it does. And if we will apply it, then we will see it work. Many times even after it has worked we still do not know how God did it. People have tried to come up with formulas for how to get the word to work, but they get complicated too. So don’t let it get complicated, just apply it and you will see how good and faithful God is. Get ready for great favor!