SCRIPTURE: "For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee. The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity. Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man." Psa 5:4-6 (KJV)

For those who say that God is a God of LOVE only and He does not aggressively punish the wicked, I would say that today's text would give you an insight to just how the Lord Looks upon those who are the "workers' of iniquity.

Here's the problem, temptation and not being able to defeat it. I have people of all ages writing to me on a weekly basis asking for prayer to be able to overcome the temptations of sin in their lives. Not being there with them it is pretty hard to work with them like I would if I were there in their city as  their Pastor. But the ALL POWERFUL WORD OF GOD does give us some guidelines to help us in this area and I would like to take this time to share them with you today. Look at Proverbs chapter 4 and let's start at verse 20. It says there:

Pro 4:20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
Pro 4:21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
Pro 4:22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.

So, how many of you have read your Bible this week? How 'bout today?

I don't say that in a condescending tone... this was a passage that the Lord put before me several times in this past couple of weeks. 

The WORD OF GOD is POWERFUL. For me, just picking up my Bible gives me a sense of POWER, not my POWER, but the Anointing Power of God The Holy Ghost is all over that book. It has been for years, the #1 Seller of any other book on the market.

But the WORD there in Proverbs 4:20 tells us to do more than pick it up and hold it... it tells us to read it, make time for it, and read it again and again... so that when the tough times come in will be there in our soul and spirit and give us strength to carry on, or to carry out the assignment He has laid on our heart for the day or for life for that matter.

Now LOOK at what that 22nd verse tell us about those WORDS...

"...they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh".

It's not enough to say that things are going to change. It's not enough to say that you are a new man or a new women. You may be nothing more than the seed that was sewn in stony ground and when the weeds come along - all the struggles and trials of just living in a jungle (very few live in a Garden), and you let it choke out what you received: that seed that made you say, "Things are going  to be different this time". The WORD of God is LIFE to those who take the time to read it and to dwell upon it and it is health to all their flesh. 

Without the WORD you are like a ship without a sail - let alone an anchor. You will be wind tossed and battered and assured of destruction.

Now, most assuredly someone is going to say, "Brother Wayne: we've heard this all before. This is Christian Walk #101 stuff here. Newbie's get this kind of stuff when they first become a Christian. Give me something I can sink my teeth into.. something that will really change my life".

I just did.

Let's pray.

Father, I Thank you for the WORD and The POWER of that WORD in my life today. I know that I haven't always taken out my Bible and just sat down and read it waiting on your fellowship. I have good intentions every day to do that Lord and when things get hectic and there are heavy demands made on my life, my good intentions often go out the window, and I', sorry for that Lord. I repent of that right now Lord. I come to you just now Father, promising that I will remember this devotional and apply it to my life, realizing that without the POWER of your YOUR WORD in my life, I cannot be VICTORIOUS! I pray this prayer In Jesus Name, Amen.