Unless you've been asleep for the last 30 plus years, you've undoubtedly heard the saying Nike made famous: Just Do It! Untold millions of dollars and countless celebrity endorsements have centered around this widely successful ad campaign. The message is to go out and make something happen (wearing your Nike apparel, of course!). I'm a big fan of the Nike slogan and it isn't just because I like their shoes and shirts.
James 1:22 tells us to be doers of the Word and not just hearers. For the Bible to have any real positive impact in our lives, we must allow it to take root. James uses the analogy of looking at oneself in the mirror and seeing imperfections. A doer will take notice and make necessary changes, while the hearer quickly forgets and goes about his way without any change taking place (v.23-24). We have everything to gain by being doers---but the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing (v.25).
As God's men, we have the indwelling power of the Holy Spirit to illuminate God's truth as revealed in His Word. Knowing the truth, we can be hearers or doers. Just do it!
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