Let’s Keep It Simple
“When the LORD thy
God shall cut off the nations from before thee, whither thou goest to possess
them, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their land; Take heed to
thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed
from before thee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did
these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise. Thou shalt not do
so unto the LORD thy God: for every abomination to the LORD, which he hateth,
have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they
have burnt in the fire to their gods. What thing soever I command you, observe
to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.”
(Deuteronomy
12:29-32)
Today’s Morsel: Some folks
have made serving and living for God so hard on themselves, that now they think
that if they do one thing wrong, they will be lost forever. Serving and
living for God isn’t about rules and laws. Serving and living for God is
about love and righteousness. These two things are our test of sonship.
“In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil:
whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his
brother.” John said (1 John 3:10) When we love God with all our heart,
mind, soul, and strength and our neighbor as ourselves, and do what is right,
we’ll be alright. You don’t want to get so heavenly minded that you are
no earthly good. You don’t want to tie a chain around your own
neck. As Solomon said, “A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a
fool's wrath is heavier than them both.” (Proverbs 27:3)
Notice what James says, “For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend
in one point, he is guilty of all.” (James 2:10) In other words, if you
violate one part of the law you are guilty of the whole thing. This is
the reason why, I believe, that when David sinned with Bathsheba, he didn’t
just violate one part of the law, he violated the who thing. You must
keep living and serving God simple. Because if you make it hard, you
alone must bear it. It's all about our love relationship with The One who
loves us.
Sing: To be like Jesus, to be like Jesus, on
earth I long to be like Him. All through life’s journey, from earth to
glory, I only ask to be like Him.
Thought For Today: “Let’s keep it
simple saints”
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