And these are they by the way side where the word is sown; but when they have heard, satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.                ~  Mark 4:15

Interestingly enough the words “taketh away” in this verse of scripture actually means “to make doubt“.  One of the ways satan steals the word out of our lives is to cause us to doubt what we have heard.  Now of course, most believers believe that God would never lie, so satan would never get them to believe that God’s Word is a lie.  However, he is successful in getting many to believe that God’s promises would never come to pass in their lives.

Jesus not only told us to take heed what we hear; He also told us to take heed how we hear.  So, to put it plainly, you’ve got to “take heed how you hear what you hear.”  How you hear what you hear is very important.  Someone could hear God’s Word and say, “that would never come to pass for me”, while another hears the same thing and says, “thank God that’s for me and it will come to pass in my life.”

You see, you can either hear God’s Word with doubt or you can hear it with faith.  If you hear it with doubt, satan will steal the Word out of your heart.  So from now on, check up on yourself and ask, “How am I hearing God’s Word, with faith or doubt?”