Monday, April 28, 2014

Blessings and Curses realization

     Lord, your blessings are great but so are your curses....I'm almost glad you didn't strike a deal with my people, not because I'd be afraid that i'd do wrong but because I can't control other people's minds and desires.
     Lord, I'm glad I know you! You are faithful to be with me. You even go out after the lost sheep! The reason that Your promises & curses were soooo very harsh and glorious was primarily because the Israelites were the people who would bring Jesus the Christ to earth to bring salvation to all of humanity! That wasn't just a vow with Abraham, it was a vow made to save the whole of humanity! You can raise a people of God from a rock of the earth but it was through love as the reason that you used Abraham's line. Abraham loved you and you were returning it as a gift to him by using him in your plan.
    

Friday, April 11, 2014

Love of the Lord’s laws (Galatians 3:23)

 Love of the Lord’s laws (Galatians 3:23)

     I was praying with my “face to face” devotional in Galatians 3. I never saw the law in the way that it puts it. It says on day 9 p.154 : “Lord Jesus Christ, before faith in You came, confined until the faith was later revealed. So that the law has become our tutor to lead us  to You that we might be justified by faith. Now that faith has come, we are no longer in need of a tutor.”
     That is awesome. The law was our tutor! Previously I understood the law as some sort of “hold” to be broken free of, when Christ came. It was a “hold.” It was like the “hold” of a teacher on his/her students with the rules of the class room, until the students are ready and passed the class! The law was a teacher like a parent teaches you the head knowledge of the rules of things. You’re ready when you’re mature enough to understand the reasons for rules.
     You are good Father. I love the precepts of Your laws. I never understood David’s love of law until now.
-Matthew