Do you have room for God’s Word? Jesus told the Pharisees that the reason they could not understand his teaching was because they did not have room for it in their hearts. They thought they knew the truth already. They were convinced that they were on the right track. But they were not. They had subtly deceived themselves, as we often do. The heart is deceitful. Self-deceit is a mechanism of the unwilling heart designed to ward off the truth. Ironically, you can even use Scripture to achieve this. The Pharisees would have told you that they were only believing the Scriptures. They thought studying the Word every day made them immune to deception. But it does not. The heart can twist Scripture to its own end and block out things that it does not want to see. We must always be open to being corrected by God’s Spirit through his Word. It is the Spirit of God who enlightens our hearts and shows us our errors. He often uses other people to do this, so be open to others who challenge your way of seeing things. The Word of God is only effective in our lives when it becomes the tool of the Spirit of God. Otherwise, all we have is knowledge which puffs us up in self-righteousness leaving no room for truth. Open your heart to the Spirit of God so that he can minister the truth to you. Then the truth will set you free.
Ask God to fill you with his Spirit and bring anything contrary to his will and truth to light.
Read John 8:31-47
