Why we don't do what we believe

Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it—he will be blessed in what he does.  James 1:22-25 NIV

We don't do what we believe because we are deceived. 
Self-deceived.

We experience truth, but don't act according to it, yet we tell ourselves that we want the truth.
Perhaps we don't even do that!

Bruce Lee said, "Knowing is not enough, we must apply.  Willing is not enough, we must do."

I never learned this.  Not truly.

I learned to study, study, study.

Read, read, read.
Think, debate, argue.  But not to do.

Who can argue with what we do?

Jesus IS the word of God literally personified.
He IS the truth.

We should personify the truth of God's words, hearing them and immediately doing them upon hearing them.
No delay!

Some of us like hearing the truth.
Some of us find it entertaining.

But who loves to DO what is true!?

What do your actions prove about what you REALLY believe?
What do you KNOW is true?  Is this seen in what you do?