God gives us commands that are not out of reach. We do not have to reach to the heavens or beyond the sea. But the commands He gives us are to be obeyed. The Word is very near to us, and we should never make the excuse that what God has commanded us to do is too difficult. God does not give us anything that He knows is too much for us. What God commands us should always be in our mouths and in our hearts.

• If God knows us better than we know ourselves, to whom should we listen? God or ourselves?

God knows us better than we know ourselves, so therefore He knows our limitations, our strengths and our weaknesses. Because of this, God knows exactly what we can and cannot handle. God gives us the Word and speaks to us through it. The Word should be in our hearts and in our mouths so that we may obey it. By keeping it in our mouths, we should be speaking it. By keeping it in our hearts, we should be memorizing it.