Deuteronomy 10:12-13 So now, O Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you? Only to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to keep the commandments of the Lord your God and his decrees that I am commanding you today, for your own well-being.
Be honest? Who is reading this has ever felt that the rules and demands that God makes of us as Christians are too hard? Who has ever felt that God was a little bit of a kill-joy? Who has ever resented the call to love your neighbor... yes, even THAT neighbor? Who has ever resented the call to turn the other cheek when you've been wronged instead of to fight back or just to walk away?
I know I have.
Just like I resented the rule when I was a child that I had to go to sleep at a certain hour and couldn't stay up reading all night. Just like I resented the rule when I was a child that I couldn't eat french fries for every meal. The commandments that the Lord our God has given are "for our own well-being." We don't know it. Sometimes we can't understand it. And that's the point. If we knew what was always best for us, we wouldn't need God right?
In Christ,
Pastor Seth
It's Reformation Sunday. Wear red and join us for worship at 8:30 and 11 with Education Hour at 9:45.
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