Love for the Word
You can give without loving, but you can’t love without giving. Jesus clearly pointed out, “If you love me, obey my commandments.” One of the commandments is, “Give and you shall be given back in return.” Obedience is better than sacrifice. In Isaiah 1:19, it says, “ If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land.
If you obey and serve the Lord, you will spend your days in prosperity. Ezra has devoted himself to the study about God. It will do well for us if we allow ourselves to be influenced by the work that God placed in his church in the last days. Be able to hear gospel songs frequently. If we look closely to what God is doing, he is encouraging local churches to be partners in trying to write about him, and that we should all join forces together.
Devotion to his work in this new age should start from within us as we ask individuals to help us with the analysis on trying to understand the nature of God and of his work. We ought to be teachers, as we are reminded of this by St. Paul. We should try to affect many to grow in knowledge, and more likely be molded in character. God’s word should sharpen the ability of those that benefit from our wisdom being yielded to become leaders that should help in church activities.
God has given everyone the capability to lead. A growing leader devotes him to the study of the word, which will result to the growth in knowledge and understanding. It means that he having an ardent, intense, passionate, zealous search is able to relay the essence to the implications of what wonder God’s word can do.
Even in the New Testament, people are really serious in the search for God’s word. In Acts 18:24, it was relayed that a certain Jew named Apollos, an eloquent man who came to Ephesus manifested a thorough knowledge of the scriptures. He was apprehended as one being instructed in the ways of the Lord for he speaks in great fervor, though he only knew of the baptism of John in contrast to what the disciples knew.
If we see one having this interest, we should teach him more, and equip him more for him to have more space to learn and work on God’s word. We should continue the study in searching the word of God, as we desire to see the true picture of God’s word. We should prepare the way of the one who is to come and ask from among us who are his subjects. Jesus came not to baptize with water but with fire, that we may have the full knowledge through the enlightenment of the Holy Spirit in His indwelling to us as likened to that in the Pentecost.
In Acts 19:4, John as relayed by Paul, baptizes in the baptism of repentance. With them hearing the word, they were baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. The baptism of John was the preparation in the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. Thereafter, the disciples were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ (Acts 19:5).
Apollos was known to be the person of eloquence. We have to enhance our own knowledge or learning of the word of God, and dig on for a deeper understanding of the truth focusing ourselves to the study and observance of the wonders God’s word can do. Ezra has deep affection in the ministry of the word. If we look back, there are plenty of people that followed Jesus, and have been freed from the slavery of sin because of his accuracy and wisdom in trying to explain the insights he derived from the Father.
Everyone has this responsibility to search for the truth for us to be able to have the kind of knowledge regarding God’s word, and become a growing leader devoting ourselves to the study of the scriptures. As we do this, we become inclined in dedicating ourselves to the observance of the word. We ought to love God’s word and statures. We should reflect in our buoyancy the eagerness to know the truth about the word and cogitate in our being the kind of love God has for his dear ones. You have to love to see God’s statures fulfilled in you.
In our life, each of us has the fruit of the Spirit. As we start to grow, we are drawn to yearn for a deeper wisdom. We should grow in peace and self-control, and start to desire that God’s word be manifested in our lives with us obtaining righteousness and purity. Spiritual gifts will be abundant in the learning of God’s word as this value from the scriptures becomes lucid in our existence.
We have to grow not only in our desire for things of God; not only in knowledge, but in our observance of what life we ought to abide. Devoting us to teaching about the word results to skill and ability. Ezra is not a pastor or a priest but he devoted himself to the study and observance of the law. King David on the other hand, being a devoted servant of the Lord became established, mighty, was feared by his enemies and has a prosperous kingdom.
We ought to have a deeper love of the scriptures and give time in learning about the word and the things that are of God.
