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WEDNESDAY THOUGHT 12/3/08

God’s Rules
 
I want to get this straight from the start:  God didn’t beat me.  I let Him win!  I don’t obey God.  I follow Him!  I don’t fear Him.  I stand in joyful awe of Him!  I kneel before Him because I’ve tried it my own way and every other way and, frankly, nothing else makes sense but Him.   
 
This dawned on me around dawn this morning, while reading Psalm 119, which is full of references to God’s “commands,” God’s “laws,” and God’s “statutes.”  Such talk would have sent me running once, growling the family motto: “Don’t tell me what to do!”  But no more.  I’m done fighting reality, done cutting my own irascible path across the wasteland, done trying to pretend that it’s my life and not God’s.
 
My point:  God’s rules work!  Celebrate, read and enjoy the Word of God. — jri
 
“Oh, that my ways were steadfast
    in obeying your decrees!
Then I would not be put to shame
    when I consider all your commands.
I will praise you with an upright heart
    as I learn your righteous laws.”
        –    Psalm 119: 5-7