Is Your Mail Box Full?

         Every now and then I get a message from my email devotions that one of the addresses could not be delivered and the reason given is that their mail box is full.  I know from past experience that a mailbox for email doesn't get filled with just a few pieces, but in some cases, it is thousands of emails.  Considering that we get just as much email junk mail as the physical mail box outside of your home, it takes a lot of time for the electronic one to be filled.  One can readily see that the recipient has not read the "daily" email for quite some time.  There are other reasons why it can be filled such as the person got a new email address and just failed to cancel the old address to you or to give you the new address.  The "full mail box" however does remind me of the average person sitting in the pew ot the average American church.  The blank stares and fidgeting indicate that "the mailbox is full.  return to sernder."  John 5:24 says, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life."
        One of the inputs of the Word of God comes by hearing.  We have opportunities to "hear" the Word of God in church but also we can hear it on tape recorders, television, radio, computers and any other electronic devices you have including you smart phone.  So, hearing is not the problem but what comes next is often a step that is left out.  The verse reminds us to both hear and then to believe and when we believe, there is going to be a natural outpouring in your life which is the result of "doing" the Word as well.  How many things from God's Word can you do at the same time?  Can you both love and forgive at the same time?  Can you hear the Word and follow the Holy Spirit at the same time?  Can you be kind to one another and look for the second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ at the same time?    It would seem as though there are many whose mail boxes are full.  They are so full, they are over flowing and the messages are not getting in to be processed in the hearts of those believers.  Peter reminded us at the end of his second epistle that we are to grow.  Growing requires hearing and doing of the principles of God's Word.  How are you doing today?  Is your mental mail box full and the messages bouncing back to the sender?  While we know that doesn't take place, it is similar to the same condition as the new material is not able to be processed because we are still working on that which we got yesterday, or last week, or even last year.  You and I have a copy of God's Word and we need to listen to what He says and then be obedient to it.  Praise God that He still speaks to us.  Just don't let it bounce back to Him being unanswered.