Second, it’s time to obey
Verse 13: “Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.”
Becoming decisive for Christ is to learn to fear and follow him. There is a proper order: first fearing, then following. God does not say to us. “Obey and I’ll save you.” He says, “Obey because I’ve saved you.” We obey because we see in God something so wonderful, we can’t imagine not following him.
Fearing God is more reverence and awe than terror and fright. “When the Bible talks about the fear of God, it means an inner state, an inner condition of awe and amazement and wonder before the magnitude of the love and the power and the greatness of God. It’s an inner condition of awe and respect, of fear and trembling, of amazement before not only the power and the holiness but the love and the mercy of God…The fear of God means to have God look so huge, so glorious, so wonderful, to in a sense bow under the weight of the magnitude of his greatness, that it gets your mind blessedly off of yourself and finally you’re free.”
This world holds us in bondage to itself and it’s rules and regulations and limitations. But God frees us to live before him as we were made to.
Notice what verse 13 says, “This is the whole duty of man.” Fearing and following God is what we are made for. Following him is the life we really want. It infuses our life with meaning. We’re not just floating around doing what we feel like. We’re following and serving the living God! Yes, it might be uncomfortable at times. He’ll take us some scary places, but not one of them will be bigger than him. He will ask of us more than we want to give, but he’s the one who gives more than we could ever imagine. He will require of us more than we have right now, but he’s the one who provides everything we need anyway. And in the end, as we follow him imperfectly but truly, we find in him all that we look for everywhere else and then some. We find the fullest life possible. This is wisdom. This is the path to life. This is the path to joy.
God knows the right way to live, and he’s offering us his life right now, today! -DM
100% to God = 0% Compromise to the world!
Happy and Joyful Sabbath as We are filled with this Hope that Burns within Our Heart!
We are United in Christ!
Jesus is Coming Very Soon!
PRAISE THE LORD!💖
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