271 Psalms 111 – 114; Matthew 6.1 – 6.18
The good life--what is it and where does it begin? The Psalmist teaches us that, "The good life begins in the fear of God---Do that and you'll know the blessing of God." The good life begins with the fear of God and it is having the blessing of God upon your life. I often ask people who are about to break an explicit command of God if they want the blessing of God on their life? I do not recall one person saying they did not want the blessing of God in their life. Yet, when I would open the Bible up and let them read the verses of Scripture that were contradicting the decision that were about to make, they would still argue their case. We want God's blessing on our life---period, regardless of what God says about our lifestyle. In other words there is no fear of God--our fear is we might miss out on some pleasure or at least feeling good. Do you want the blessing of God in your life?
Is it Memorex or is it real? I'm sure I have done my little Christian performance when trying to keep up with what I perceived as the super spiritual Christian. Jesus wants us real without us always having to spill our guts. Christ says, "Be especially careful when you are trying to be good so that you don't make a performance out of it. It might be good theater, but the God who made you won't be applauding." We are called to an authentic and genuine faith in Christ. We can walk in Christ without having to pretend to be something that we are not. We are free!!!
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment