— A Charge from Rev. Olusola Areogun

The Bible is not just a religious book or a family heirloom meant to sit on your shelf — it is God’s Living Word, your manual for life, destiny, and eternity. But here’s the real question:
What do you do with the Scriptures?

God’s Word is powerful. It heals, delivers, teaches, and transforms. But its impact in your life is determined by your personal engagement with it. The Word will not work for you unless you work with it.

🔎 Take a moment and rate yourself on the checklist below:
✅ Read it
✅ Study it
✅ Memorize it
✅ Meditate on it
✅ Listen to it
✅ Confess it
✅ Practice it

This checklist isn’t just for spiritual scorekeeping. It’s a mirror. Where do you need to grow?

🕊️ Why the Scriptures Matter
📌 Psalm 138:2 (KJV)
“I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.”
God Himself has exalted His Word above His name. That means your response to the Word is your response to God.

📌 1 Samuel 15:22 (KJV)
“Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.”
God values obedience over empty rituals. It’s not about how loud you shout or how many services you attend — it’s about how much of the Word you are living out.

🚨 The Danger of Disobedience
Disregarding or treating the Word of God lightly leads to spiritual leakage and opens doors for the enemy.

📖 Genesis 6:11 (KJV)
“The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.”
Corruption set in because people departed from divine instruction. You may mean well, but anything not anchored in the Word can lead to destruction.

🧠 Don’t Just Carry a Bible, Let the Bible Carry You
Many Christians today are Word-hearers but not Word-doers. You don’t grow by exposure to the Word alone — you grow by your response to it.

When you:

Read the Bible — your mind is informed.

Study it — your understanding is enriched.

Memorize it — your heart is fortified.

Meditate on it — your spirit is transformed.

Listen to it — your faith is stirred.

Confess it — your atmosphere is influenced.

Practice it — your life becomes a testimony.

🔥 Final Charge
📍 “The Word works when you work the Word.”
Your life becomes a living epistle when you stop treating the Scriptures like a religious obligation and start handling them like divine instructions for victorious living.

So today, take the Scripture Challenge:
Rate yourself on the 7 areas. Be honest. Then commit to grow — intentionally and daily.

✍️ — Rev. Olusola Areogun
Senior Pastor, The Dream Centre of the Life Oasis International Church

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