Good
Morning All,
Ecclesiastes
12:13; “The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his
commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.”
So
what are we supposed to do? This is a
question that gets asked often. Sometimes
it is asked when a group of people get together to help a neighbor who is
sick. They gather together to do a
needed task; it might be a group of farmers to plant or harvest; it might be a
group who gathers to paint a house or fix windows. It is just a group of people who gather
together to help someone else out.
Sometimes these events are spontaneously planned. Everyone shows up at an agreed upon time and
date. Everyone looks around and then
ask, “What are we supposed to do?”
Eventually, things get worked out and the action gets done.
So what do I do? We may ask that in regards to our faith as
well. One day, we suddenly hear God’s
Word. We can hear his words of
forgiveness as the exact thing we need to hear.
We may even feel as though a weight has been lifted from our
shoulders. Our sinful desire has been
replaced with the desire of God’s Spirit.
Now what do we do? Some think
they have this long list of actions to perform.
Some think that a payment is required.
Some think they are now required to behave a certain way or talk a
certain way or change into someone they are not. They think that “thees” and “thous” are the
new norm.
The truth for many of us is that our life
may not seem that much different. We
will have the same job, the same friends, the same family. We will still owe on our credit cards and
house payments. On the outside, it may
not seem like much change but on the inside we change. We may still do much of the same things in
life but we have a different motive and a different purpose. Our desire is to love God and to live that
love and to show that love. Our new
found purpose is simple; fear God and keep his commandments.
We fear God by respecting Him and giving
him and his name honor. We do this by
keeping his name holy, separate from the lowly uses. We do not cheapen it with a carelessness in
the specialness of his name but rather we cherish it for what it is, the name
of the One who brings us hope, healing, comfort and peace. We keep his commandments by doing his will
which is to show love and compassion on those around us; by showing this love
and compassion to those who are hurting and in need. We do this because of his great love for us;
we do it as a form of thank you to God.
That is all we really do; we say thank you to God for all he does for
us. We show our thanks by how we live and
how we deal with others.
Father, your love for us is
beyond our measure or understanding.
Help me to show my thanks for your precious gift of salvation. Help me to experience the joy of your healing
and to share that great joy with those that you have placed on my journey that
I may share your love with them. In the
precious name of Jesus we pray, amen.
God’s
Peace,
Pastor
Bret
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.