But faith always comes before obedience, so our primary duty each day is to seek the infilling of the Spirit by drinking deeply of the words of our Lord.It is interesting to note that in two parallel passages of Scripture the same effects are attributed to being filled with the word as to being filled with the Spirit. In Ephesians 5:18-19 we read, “Be filled with the Spirit; speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord.”Colossians 3:16 tells us, “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.”Our primary concern every morning should be to seek God’s strength afresh before venturing into the day of toil. When they were ready to despair, they discerned Jesus himself walking on the sea toward the ship.The record says, “Then they willingly received him into the ship: and immediately the ship was at the land whither they went” (John 6:21).…