Date: August 23, 2026
Series: From Pastor’s desk
Number: Vol. 15, No. 17
Beloved: grace, mercy and peace be yours without measure from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord. It is with great joy that I welcome you to another week of the month of August 2026. My prayer is that the word of God that is continually coming to you in this assembly will not fail to accomplish His will in your life, in Jesus’ name. Amen.
As we see in the bible, anytime God speaks, He stands by it to bring it to pass (Jer 1:12). But the fulfilment of His word is not always automatic. The attitude of the people that He is speaking to towards His word is also important. Otherwise, His word may not fulfil His will in their lives.
For instance, even though God had promised to give the land of Canaan to the people of Israel, many of them that came out of Egypt were unable to possess it. Why? The reason was that their attitude towards the promise of God was wrong. They did not believe that God was able to fulfil the promise He had made to them. So, when He asked them to go in and possess the land, they refused to do so. (Cf. Num 13-14)
Now because they refused to enter the land of Canaan to possess it when God told them to do so, He also decided not to give them the land again but to give it to their children. What, then, became of them? They all kept on wandering in the wilderness until they perished.
In like manner, there are many Christians that are wandering in life today because they would not embrace the word of God for their lives and act on it. And why will they not embrace His word and act on it? Fear is one of the reasons. When people are afraid of what the outcome of acting on the word of God may look like, they may not act on it.
Truly, none of us can confidently say what the outcome of our acting on the word of God will look like. But if we have confidence in the fact that God will never put us to shame, we will act on His word, even if we do not know what will come out of doing so. And when we do so, we will surely witness His glory.
Pride is another reason some people will not act on the word of God. These ones, like King Saul and King Asa, think that they know better than God and that their own schemes will work better than trusting in Him and doing whatever He is asking them to do. But the bible tells us that even the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom. It also tells us never to rely on our own understanding or to be wise in our own eyes in handling any matter of our lives. Otherwise, as it was with Saul and Asa, we will soon find out that our wisdom is nothing but foolishness. (Cf. 1 Sam 15; 2 Chro 16; Prov 3:5-7; 1 Cor 1:25)
Then we have those who will not act on the word of God because they are not paying adequate attention to what He is saying to them. Why? They are distracted because of the love of money, fame, pleasure or position. But what they do not understand is that these things cannot give them satisfaction in life. Only God can give that to them. And since they will not pay attention to what He is saying to them, they will forever be running after satisfaction and never finding it.
Now I may not know why you too will not act on the word of God that is coming to you the way you should. But I know that if you will not act on His word coming to you, there is no way your life can be fully established in His will. If you, then, want your life to be established in His will, lay aside your fear, pride or anything that is distracting you, so that you can give your full attention to hearing His word and acting on it. And may you be strengthened to do so without delay, so that your life can be all that God wants it to be. Amen.
Have a lovely week.
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