The ancestors God delighted in prospering, Abraham,
Isaac & Jacob, reaped the benefits of God’s benevolence before the
commandments and decrees were written into the book of the law. As it is
written, “Abraham believed and it was credited to him as righteousness.”
(Genesis 15:6) If that was true for them then turning to God with heart, mind
and soul is not first and foremost about behavior but about belief. As long as we
think of observing commands as something we have to do “thou shalt not” will
always be too hard and far from us. But Jesus abandoned heaven and for our sake
crossed the sea of sin and death to bring the Word, his very presence, near to
us. It is the heart drawn to God, the mind mesmerized by love, the soul resting
secure in peace that makes observing the commands of God as close as your own breath.
When turning to God for love of Christ compels us observing God’s commands is
not something external, something we have to do, but rather an expression of
who we are as those who live and breathe the law of love.
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