Practice
“But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only” (James 1:22).
I was quite impressed by reading about how a Christian in a Korean village learned the whole of the “Sermon on the Mount” by heart, and then tramped 100 miles over rough terrain to recite it to the resident missionary who was living and working in that area. When he had finished, he was exhorted to put it into practice.
“But that is the way I learned it,” he replied. “At first I tried simply to commit it to memory, and it would not stick. So I tried this plan: I would learn a verse, and then go out and find a heathen neighbor and practice that verse on him. Then I found it would stick!”
Wouldn’t it be good if we all learned the Word of God in that way. It certainly would make it stick, and it would certainly make it real in our personal lives and in our testimony to others. Let’s be like David who prayed, “Teach me Thy way, O Lord; I will walk in Thy truth” (Psalm 86:11).
