Caution! The Danger of Reading LaVon’s Books Incorrectly

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Many people are not aware of the dangers of being over-exposed to too much truth. But there are real hazards to be avoided. I know it sounds funny, but here are three caution areas where you could be at risk while reading books like these:

  • Principle #1: Becoming educated beyond your level of obedience. Often, we go to church and hear good truth that is piled onto the truth we heard last week which was piled on top of the truth heard the week before etc.…  And each time we hear new truth, we often forget about, and stop trying to obey the truth we had heard the week before.

As the gap between what we are doing (obeying) and what we know, widens, we can get a form of spiritual Schizophrenia where we will find ourselves reading and feeling emotionless about the wonderful, lifechanging new truths. This is because we are emotionally exhausted from knowing so much more than we are currently doing and we become emotionally numb to new truth and cannot allow ourselves to get excited about more new truth that we know that will not be integrated into our daily lives.  Don’t let this book or any book “educate you beyond your level of obedience.”

  • Principle #2: Truth heard once and not acted upon can be worse than truth never heard at all. In much the same manner that a flu shot works or a Smallpox vaccination works, where you get a “little” flue so your body will build up an immune system against all flu in the future, the same can happen when hearing truth and not embracing it, obeying it, or believing in it, can actually immune you to ever really hearing it and acting on it in the future. When you hear it again, it’s old news and you say, “I’ve heard that before,” and dismiss it.  By not acting on new truths, you may have ruined it for your future. Now, the truth and its power, has been lost to you, perhaps even forever.
  • The Biblical Mandate.  But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.  For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing. James 1:22-25 If the two academic principles above were confusing, this Biblical Directive is plentifully clear.

So, given these two principles plus the Biblical mandate, here are some heart felt suggestions for you to consider as you begin reading LaVon’s books:

Please Don’t:

  • Don’t read the books to check a box that you’ve completed them and go on to the next book on your list.
  • Don’t be in a hurry to just finish an assignment quickly.
  • Don’t read it alone, get a buddy or a small Bible study group that will hold each other accountable each step of the way.

Please do:

  • When a new Love-Gap of Joy Killer and Joy Maker concept comes up, pause to pray it into your personal reality. 
  • Ask the people reading the books with you, hard questions of “evidence” as to how they are applying the concepts.
  • Pray that you will understand God’s love and Joy in a new and meaningful way

Remember, these books were written to advance God’s direction in II Thessalonians 3:5 where it says. May the Lord direct your hearts into Gods love and Christs perseverance. By both Design and intent, every chapter in these books were deliberately written to overwhelm your heart with His love and Joy. You will discover new ways, new reasons, and new places to experience God’s love and Joy. Enjoy your journey towards emotional freedom and a joy-filled life