James
encourages us to be “doers of the Word, and not hearers only, deceiving our own
selves” (James 1.22) He compares the “hearers only” as those who look at their
face in the mirror and immediately forget who they are, to a “doer of the Word”
who looks at the “perfect law, the law of Liberty”. Within the comparison James
has us “looking”, but the two words for looking are different! The first
looking in the mirror is defined as a glance, as though you just walked by a
mirror and caught a glance of yourself, then went immediately back to get a
better look. The second “looks” is defined as a serious gaze of the soul. Both
see the imperfection that exists, but only the second, are those that listen
and do take the time to fix what is wrong. Make sure you take a good long gaze
at your life today as you look into the “perfect law of liberty”, and then do
something!
Prayer
Requests: ____________________________________________________________