James 1:22

       “But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.” Remember in last week’s devotion, “If you’re not in the Word, you may be walking a worldly life thinking you are right, or following other churchgoers doing things that may even appear spiritual”. You could also be the person who doesn’t do the will of God, but you are doing things and saying they are for God. Jesus put it this way, “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!” (Matthew 7:21-23). You can’t be a doer of the Word if you’re not in the Word. There is no greater deception than that of a person who deceives themselves. Doing the will of God begins in the Word of God. Are you a doer of the Word?