God's Word Part 2

2. God's Word gives me faith.

Rom 10:17 So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

Faith is our spiritual muscle. But it doesn't matter if you're as strong as Mark Henry, John Cena, Goku, you will get to an age when you will lose a lot of your physical strength. But did you know, that even though we may not be able to maintain our physical strength throughout our life, our spiritual muscles should be growing till the day we die.

We need ever increasing faith - and that comes from God's Word. This brings us to my second question:

How can I make sure God's Word does its work in me?

1. I must listen.

Rom 10:17 So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.There's a word in that Scripture that's easy to overlook. It doesn't just say that faith comes from the Word of God. It says: faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

If the Word of God is going to profit us at all, we need to be listening to what God is saying to us in His Word. Most Christians that I've known don't do that totally. But what they do is say, "Yes Lord, Yes Lord, Yes Lord" to some areas. But then there's an area where it's, "No way. I'm not going to do that!"

Friends, when you say no to God, that's when you stop growing.

Imagine your life is like a building with millions of rooms. All the rooms are in darkness. When you come to Christ, a light is turned on in one of the rooms. That is your new birth experience. Then gradually, the Holy Spirit works His way through each of the rooms, turning on more and more lights. We call this process sanctification.

But we need to understand some important truths. The Holy Spirit turns on the lights, but you and I are the ones who open the doors. If we keep opening the doors, the Holy Spirit will continue to turn on the lights. If we block the Holy Spirit's access to a door, if we hear that knock and say, "Go away!" the light will never go on till we open up. If we keep blocking the Holy Spirit's access, eventually He may stop knocking.

That means that if I want to keep growing, I must keep a tender heart to God's Word, and open the door every time He knocks.