Word for Today / The Cure for Spiritual Boredom

[ladylovesJesus]

The Cure for Spiritual Boredom

'Be doers of the word, and not hearers only.' James 1:22 NKJV

Why does the Bible say, ‘Be doers of the word, and not hearers only’? Because hearing without doing becomes boring—every time. You can get to the place where you’ve heard so much preaching and teaching that you say to yourself, ‘Oh no, not another sermon!’

The problem isn’t the Word; it’s that you’ve become oversaturated and spiritually numb. You’re bored because you aren’t putting it into practice and reaping the rewards of what you’ve heard. Jesus said, ‘If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.’ (John 13:17 NKJV)

Once you start doing what you’ve been told to do, you won’t have time to be bored. The phrase ‘hearers only’ is from the Greek noun akroates. Today we’d use it to describe students who sit in on a class just to hear the teaching, instead of taking any assessment or being graded. These folks weren’t interested in learning, passing exams, earning a degree and going out to make a difference in the world. They were there because they found it intellectually stimulating and they loved the excitement of being with the crowd. Often they followed their favourite teacher from one town to another; they loved new speakers, and when the class ended they’d get together to eat, drink, laugh and discuss what they’d heard. Mostly, they just wanted to look knowledgeable in each other’s eyes.

Don’t let that happen to you. ‘Remember… knowing what is right to do and… not doing it is sin.’ (James 4:17 TLB) Open your heart to the truths you’ve heard preached and begin to put them to work in your life. When you do, rest assured you’ll never again suffer from spiritual boredom.

written by Bob Gass

 

[joey]

The Cure for Spiritual Boredom

'Be doers of the word, and not hearers only.' James 1:22 NKJV

Why does the Bible say, ‘Be doers of the word, and not hearers only’? Because hearing without doing becomes boring—every time. You can get to the place where you’ve heard so much preaching and teaching that you say to yourself, ‘Oh no, not another sermon!’

The problem isn’t the Word; it’s that you’ve become oversaturated and spiritually numb. You’re bored because you aren’t putting it into practice and reaping the rewards of what you’ve heard. Jesus said, ‘If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.’ (John 13:17 NKJV)

Once you start doing what you’ve been told to do, you won’t have time to be bored. The phrase ‘hearers only’ is from the Greek noun akroates. Today we’d use it to describe students who sit in on a class just to hear the teaching, instead of taking any assessment or being graded. These folks weren’t interested in learning, passing exams, earning a degree and going out to make a difference in the world. They were there because they found it intellectually stimulating and they loved the excitement of being with the crowd. Often they followed their favourite teacher from one town to another; they loved new speakers, and when the class ended they’d get together to eat, drink, laugh and discuss what they’d heard. Mostly, they just wanted to look knowledgeable in each other’s eyes.

Don’t let that happen to you. ‘Remember… knowing what is right to do and… not doing it is sin.’ (James 4:17 TLB) Open your heart to the truths you’ve heard preached and begin to put them to work in your life. When you do, rest assured you’ll never again suffer from spiritual boredom.

written by Bob Gass

Thank you and Godbless..

 

[Gerbolski]

Very true, and also there are spiritual battles we can go through via this as well.

It is important to also receive the word correctly.

Along with the doing, there has to be right motives.

For one can be doing things via going through the motions, which is no doing things from the heart.

Psa 37:4-5
(4) Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
(5) Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.

A key thing is to continue to allow oneself to delight ourselves in the Lord.

And we are continuously being sanctified.

But once delight is lost, nothing, no matter what deed, can bring satisfaction.

I often times think of these verses:

Jas 4:6-7
(6) But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
(7) Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

First comes the submission, then the resisting.

Sometimes when battling the enemy, people forget the submission part first.

So I am very glad you covered this issue of boredom, because not many cover that issue, thanks.

 

[Gerbolski]

The devil sure can use the feelings of boredom, to get our eyes off of Jesus.

Although in truth, there are many reasons why the feelings of boredom come, and in some cases, it may be a sign to were maybe we have to get our bodies moving, or just go out.

 

[Gerbolski]

God provides for all of our needs, mental, spiritual and physical.

And we all have times of were you get open doors, and times were not much seems to be happening, there are different seasons at different times, but in whatever season it is, we need to lean on Jesus.

And there is the verse that says to be still and know that he is God, Satan sometimes uses the feeling of boredom in those instances, so we do not hear from God.