Application

 

APPLICATION: WALKING OUT THE WORD

We have faith, and we have commitment from individuals who genuinely believe. We have the Word of God right before us.
Yet one great question remains — how do we apply the voice of God in our lives?

We are tempted by our flesh. We know our hearts lean toward self-indulgence.
We understand that salvation is a gift — not something we can earn or buy.
Still, we are called to diligently apply ourselves to the Word.

Our minds can be a battlefield. Mine often races like a steam train — thoughts pulling in every direction — making it hard to stay focused.
So let me pause and share a personal testimony, because I have made mistakes in this area.

From the very beginning of my walk with Christ, God blessed me — or rather, gifted me — with an unshakable conviction about the authority of Scripture.
Since the day I was saved, I have never doubted that God’s Word is the final authority — no exceptions.

When it comes to the roles of men and women in the church, or marriage as between a man and a woman, my position is not based on personal opinion — it is based on the voice of God as revealed in His Word.

When God rescued me, it was radical. My life turned completely around — a full 180.
For years, our entertainment room and bar area became our “church home,” where 50 to 60 people gathered four times a week.
We modelled ourselves after the early church in Acts, and honestly, those were some of the happiest days of my life.

I loved our breaking of bread meetings, where the focus was entirely on the Lord Jesus and His finished work on the cross.
But as time went on, I realised my infancy stage was over. I had to start walking the walk.

And that is where the testing began. Temptation had become fiercer, and choices now needed to be made. Would I live out what I believed?

Sadly, I made many poor choices. Reconciling the Word with my life became difficult.
One thing was clear: the Word was inviolable. It was my gift, my foundation.

Yet like so many today, I tried to twist it to fit my own desires. I made grace a license.
I could not understand why I still faced certain temptations. I would ask myself, “If saved, why do I still struggle with lust? Why, if sin no longer has power over me, do I still wrestle with it?”

It felt like a contradiction. And no one could give me an answer that satisfied my soul.
Those unresolved doubts festered, and before long, I found myself spiralling — like a dog returning to its vomit.

Unless we learn to correctly apply the Word amid the noise — the static of modern life and the competing voices around us — we risk twisting God’s truth to our own harm.
We see this clearly in areas like same-sex relationships, where some churches accept what God’s Word clearly forbids.

The truth does not change.
There are no exceptions outside the finished work of the Cross.
To embrace the Cross while ignoring its instruction is to miss the point entirely.

The Bible remains the ultimate authority in all matters.
If you are seeking assurance, take hold of it — but do so in full obedience.
Living in open defiance of God’s voice will bar us from heaven.

“The gate is narrow, and few there be that find it.”
“Not everyone who says, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom, but only he who does the will of My Father.”

So how do we know the Father’s will?
We open the instruction manual — the Bible.

When our lives do not line up with the Word, we must do what Jacob did — wrestle with God and say,
“I will not let You go until You bless me.”
We must examine ourselves through the lens of Scripture.

For years, I struggled with applying the Word properly.
But thank God for His grace — for He who began a good work in us will complete it.

If we refuse to confront our sins, whatever they may be, we invite judgment.
Balance is vital in salvation.
Our hearts are deceitful and always searching for excuses.

True freedom only comes when we apply God’s principles — when we pass the tests He allows — and this is a daily process.
We often focus on the big battles, but real transformation happens when application to the voice of God becomes a lifestyle.

Scripture on Application

James 1:22–25 (NIV)
“Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.
Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror
and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like.
But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—
not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do.”
The clearest call to application — hearing God’s Word must lead to doing.

Proverbs 4:7 (NKJV)
“Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore, get wisdom.
And in all your getting, get understanding.”
Understanding is the bridge between knowledge and application — knowing how to live what you know.

Philippians 4:9 (ESV)
“What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me—practice these things,
and the God of peace will be with you.”
Faith is lived through practice — application produces peace.

2 Timothy 3:16–17 (NIV)
“All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,
so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.”
Scripture isn’t meant just to be read — it’s meant to shape our conduct and character.

Matthew 7:24–25 (NIV)
“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.
The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall,
because it had its foundation on the rock.”
True discipleship means hearing and building life upon Jesus’ words.

John 13:17 (NIV)
“Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.”
Knowledge brings responsibility — blessing follows obedient application.

Final Thought

APPLICATION IS THE BRIDGE BETWEEN KNOWING AND BECOMING.
Faith without obedience remains theory — but faith applied becomes transformation.

Signing out

Tyrone