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Monday, August 25, 2014

LIVING & LOVING GOD’S WORD

“Great peace have those who love your law, and nothing can make them stumble.”  Psalm 119:165
         To love is to obey, at least when it comes to the standards that God lays before us. The law spoken of is the Mosaic Law or the Ten Commandments.  Christ’s death fulfilled the Law once for all time, therefore, we are not required to follow the commandments as a means of salvation; however, the true believer will end up living them out anyway as a result of godly living.
We are not required to follow God, but rather, the spirit within us feels compelled to do so out of voluntary allegiance.  That compulsion comes from the Holy Spirit welling up within us and overflowing into all areas of our lives.  Living according to God’s word will keep us from stumbling.  We stumble due to our own ignorance.  We take our eyes off the Lord thinking we can handle a certain situation without His input and get tripped up as a result.  It’s not the end of the world.  God will help us up, dust us off and point us in the right direction once again.  In a way it’s like teaching your child how to ride a bike without training wheels for the first time.
God isn’t a tyrant or dictator.  We aren’t enslaved to Him if we commit our lives to His plan for our lives.  We are to voluntarily surrender our will over to His control.  Why on earth would we ever do that?  Because quite simply, He created us and knows us better than we could ever know ourselves.  He will never steer us in the wrong direction and won’t play mind games with us either.  His plan is straightforward, fair, just and will bring to us the greatest benefit and the peace we all long for.  Until next time, walk with the King and be a blessing!