Change by the Word

"Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord."

2 Corinthians 3:17-18

We see from our opening scripture that the Holy Spirit changes us in proportion to the Word of God we are exposed to. The glass in the scripture above refers to the Word of God.

In 2 Corinthians 3:2 Paul said, "Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men:" Paul was saying here that these people in this Church had become his message. How is that possible? It is because you become what you are taught. Your life takes on the character of the information you receive.

That is why Christians who are brought up in circles where they do not understand their dominion in Christ are under oppression consistently. Some are still struggling with generational curses that Jesus has taken care of on the cross. You are the product of what you hear. Paul said in 2 Corinthians 3:3, "Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart."

Whatever teaching you are exposed to is what the Holy Spirit will manifest in your life. If you sit under the message of faith, faith will be imparted to you. If you sit under the message of the blessing, that is what the Holy Spirit will reproduce in your life. This was why God told Joshua in Joshua 1:8, "This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success." Your success in life is proportionate to the Word of God in you.

Prayer.

Dear Father, I thank you because whenever I receive your Word, the light of the glorious knowledge of Jesus shines upon my heart giving me insight and revelation into your Word always, in Jesus Name, Amen.

For further study read:

James 1:21-25, Romans 8:29-30, Ephesians 4:20-24, Colossians 3:10

Doing the Word

Always practise the Word of God that you hear.