2. Bring your
right foot diagonally across from where you started and step on it (quick
step).
3. Close your
left foot beside your right (quick step).
4. Step back
with your right foot (slow).
5. Bring your
left foot diagonally back/to the side (quick).
6. Close your
right foot to your left and change your weight, back to your starting position
(quick).
If you memorize the six steps above, you can confidently
tell anyone and everyone that you know how to do the Rumba. If they ask you to
demonstrate it…well…you may run into a bit of a problem. You see, as we all
know, there is a BIG difference between having head-knowledge regarding a
matter and being able to carry out that same thing.
I recently heard a pastor say that American Christians are
adept at learning the Word of God but not quite as adept at executing it. He
admonished those he was teaching to not only learn, but also to obey.
Brother James put it like this: Do not merely listen to the
word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. (James 1:22) It’s very easy
to learn what God says in His Word but it is a whole different matter to obey
His Word. Often we have distractions, habits, and yearnings that get in the way
of even our most sincere desire to be doers of the Word. I’d like to encourage
us that each time we read God’s Word, we would be wise to ask the Lord what He
wants us to do in response, and then ask for Him to help us do it. We want to
be intentional about reading God’s Word as an instruction manual; not a
novel—digesting the Word and allowing it to transform us from the inside out.
“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts
them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.” Matthew
7:24
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