In fact, The Amplified Bible translates Proverbs 4:20 this way: “My son, attend to my words; consent and submit to my sayings.” Submitting to the Word means making adjustments in your life. Say, for example, you hear the Word in Philippians 4:4 that you are to “rejoice in the Lord always.” If you’ve been doing a lot of griping and complaining, you’ll have to change in order to submit to that Word. You’ll have to repent and alter your behavior.

In addition to inclining your ear to the Word of God, the Proverbs 4 prescription also says you must keep it before your eyes and not let it depart from your sight. In Matthew 6 6:22-23, Jesus reveals why this is so important. He says: “The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!”

Your eyes are the gateway to your body. If your eye (or your attention) is on the darkness, or the sickness that is in your body, there will be no light to expel it. If, however, the eyes of your heart are trained strictly on the Word, your whole body will eventually be filled with light, and healing will be the result.

I can tell you from experience how important it is to keep the Word constantly before your eyes and in your ears. Several times since I have been walking by faith, I’ve let myself get too busy to do it. And, almost before I realized it, I became too sick to stay on my feet.

On those occasions, I would immediately get my Bible and begin meditating on the healing scriptures. I would even go to sleep listening to tapes of the Word. Usually, within a few hours, I was completely healed.

There were a few times when I had to stand in faith longer. But whether my healing came instantly or over time, the wonderful truth is—it always came. God’s medicine has never failed to bring a healing and a cure in my body.

Kenneth Copeland Ministries

If any man have ears to hear, let him hear. And
he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with
what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to
you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.

For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he
that hath not, from him shall be taken even that
which he hath (Mark 4:23-25).

After explaining the meaning of the parable, Jesus
told His disciples, “Be careful how you hear, because
that will determine how you receive.”

He went on to say something startling: “Those
who have will receive more.” Have what? Ears that
take heed to what they hear. “And those who have not
ears that take heed to what they hear are going to lose
what little they do have.” Satan will come and steal it.

A Firm Faith Foundation

These biblical laws that I have shared with you
from God’s Word will help you in building a firm
foundation of faith.

Go over them again and again. Stay with them.
Learn from them. They are food to your spirit. Renew
your mind with God’s Word, particularly the financial
truths of God’s Word, because we are combating
traditions that, in some cases, are over 1,000 years old.

As somebody said, “Grandma taught it, and we
bought it.” Grandma did not mean to tell us something
wrong; she was only passing along what she
had heard. Each generation before us had less revelation
than this generation does today.

Each generation, according to God’s plan, should
grow in revelation. Each generation should pass on
what it knows. The next generation should grow
in God and add to that body of knowledge. This is
especially true in regard to what the Word has to say
about material prosperity.

I can be reading along in the Scriptures, see something
and think, Why didn’t I see that before? The
Lord will say, Because of your religious tradition. Such
traditional ideas have robbed us over the years. As
we progress, we hear God saying new and different
things—exciting things that we never heard before.

We have been locked up in the capsule of these
pages together, studying biblical honor. It has been
informative and inspiring. But soon we will go back
into the real world, out where Satan tries to attack
and destroy.

Stay before God. Do as James said: Keep your tongue
under control and don’t lie against the truth (James
3:2-14). If you don’t know what the truth is, say nothing
one way or the other. Just be quiet. Say, “Lord, give
me the answer to this situation; I believe I receive it.”

Don’t worry about what other people think or say
or do. We all are different and have different convictions,
understandings and interpretations. Just walk
in faith and in love. Don’t criticize anybody. Keep
listening, reading, walking, loving and believing. The
Spirit of truth will lead you into all truth.

Kenneth Copeland Ministries