Paying attention to the news will not heal you.
Paying attention to television and movies will not heal you.
Paying attention to gossip will not heal you.
Paying attention to the opinions of others will not heal you.
Paying attention to an offense will not heal you.
Paying attention to your fear will not heal you.
Paying attention to your pain will not heal you.
Paying attention to your illness will not heal you.
Paying attention to what you perceive you lack in life will not heal you.
Dwelling on what you observe in your life will not heal you.
“My child, pay attention to what I say. Listen carefully to my words. Don’t lose sight of them. Let them penetrate deep into your heart, for they bring life to those who find them, and healing to their whole body” (Proverbs 4:20-22 NLT).
Do I pay attention to God’s words? Do I listen carefully to what He says? Do His words penetrate my mind and heart? Do I believe what I feel and reason, or do I incline my ear to His Word and lean into His understanding instead of my own? What do I believe in my heart? What I think in my heart is what is true about me (Proverbs 23:7).
The Word of God gives life to those who find it. It provides spiritual and physical healing (Proverbs 4:22-22). All the issues of life spring from my heart (Proverbs 4:23). This is why I am told to guard God’s Word in my heart from the cares of the world and the lies of the enemy. What I put into my heart becomes the foundational truth of my life. If I sow any unbelief or diluted version of God’s Word, then that becomes who I am. If I sow the incorruptible seed of the Word in my heart, guard it, and care for it, then His Word becomes the foundational truth that produces the good fruit of God’s truth in me.
What do you pay attention to? Is it how you feel? Is it your pain? Your circumstance? What you have been told you will have now or will have forever? What do you see in the mirror?
“For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was” (James 1:23-24).
The Word of faith is near you, in your mouth, and in your heart (Romans 10:8). When you hear it, you believe the truth it reveals. You act upon its truth by faith. You speak life to it by faith. You bring forth the good treasure of God’s truth you have sown in your heart. Don’t look at your natural self. Don’t regard your deficits. Looking away from the revelation of God’s truth in your life is forgetting the truth of who God says you are.
Look into the mirror of God’s Word. That is who you really are. Pay attention to God’s words about you. Don’t turn away because you feel differently than what it says. For His Word to be true in your life, you must listen carefully, not lose sight of it, and let it penetrate deeply into your heart.
God’s Word is either truth in my life or it isn’t. What will I do with His Word?
“Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers” (3 John 2).
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