Healthy and
fruitful plants grow best when they are well rooted. A building will stand best when its
foundation is firm. God and the things
of God are of a Spiritual realm and are therefore a mystery to the human
mind. God’s thoughts are higher than my
thoughts; God’s ways are higher than my ways.
Try as I might I will never fully understand God or His ways.
The secret things
belong to the Lord and will always be a mystery to me. But for some reason God invites me into a
personal relationship with Him and makes Himself known to me. I may not understand but He makes it possible
to know Him. He reveals Himself to me in
the life of His Son, Jesus; He reveals His eternal power and divine nature in
the things He has created, in the world in which I live. The secret things that He does reveal to me
are mine to know so that I might do the things necessary to be with Him. His law is the soil I must plant myself in so
that I can grow healthy and strong.
Obedience to God
and His ways create a firm foundation where I can come to know the fruit of the
mysteries of God; where I can listen and learn the Truth that is spoken by the
Holy Spirit; where I can live a life that is pleasing to God and purposeful to
me. Obedience is not a duty, it is a
delight; obedience is not a burden, it is a blessing; obedience is not a
function, it is a fruit. Obedience is a
fruit of love.
I obey God because I love God. I obey God not simply as a command, but as a
choice, a choice in response to the love He has revealed to me time and time
and time again.
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