"But be ye doers of the Word, and not hearers only,
deceiving your own selves." - James 1:22

Every single day I receive hundreds of emails.

Yep, you read that correctly HUNDREDS of emails every day.  Some days I receive as many as 400-500 emails from various people! 

Between my online ministry and my online business, there are many occasions for people to contact me.  And, of course, there are also those who send me email that I don't request at all - you know, those who send you the emails about how to make a billion dollars in 30 days?  It's the internet's equivalent to junk mail.

I've gotten so busy during the past six months (don't let that stop you from emailing me an encouraging note about these devotionals...hint, hint :-) that I've actually had to create some time management rules to apply to my incoming mail.

When an email comes in, I have three choices of what to do with it...

1. Delete it  because it has no value to me. (Those "get rich quick schemes" are included here!)

2. File it away in an email folder to respond later.

3. Act on it immediately.

It's that simple.  One of three options applies to every single communication I receive via email.

You know, the Bible is also a series of communications from various people.  Inspired by God, people like Paul and John and Peter and David and a host of others wrote both the Old and New Testaments as God's guidebook for our lives.  It is almost like an enormous bundle of email for us to read through.

What can we do with the Word of God?

Those same three things:  We can discard what it says as if it has no real value to our lives.  Or, we can file it away somewhere in our minds, with plans to get to it "later."  Or, we can do what God intends for us to do and act on it immediately, applying it to all that we say and do.

James tells us that we are to be "doers" of the Word.  That means we aren't to click the delete button and pretend that it doesn't apply to us.  It means we aren't to put it off until another day in order to become obedient.  But, rather, it means we are to do what God instructs us RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW.

Christian, God's Word isn't junk mail.  It also isn't a suggestion that we can consider for a while before deciding if we really want to put it into practice.  It's our guidebook.  It's our source of faith.  It's God's love letter to each of us. 

And so, right now, there are three options for how you will handle God's Word this morning.

Discard, Delay, or Dive In!

What is your choice going to be?