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Mon, 15 September 2014 13:53

james
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Registered: April 2008
Location: Birmingham, AL

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Attitude Towards God...

Duty..................Desire...................Delight

Before I start sharing what I believe The Holy Spirit shared with me, let me say that I'm only encouraging and desiring to edify others because we're told to encourage and edify one another, not because I've arrived at perfection in The Lord and am 'preaching' at anyone.

In my daily devotion and time with The Lord I try to always ask The Holy Spirit to grant me understanding and wisdom from God's Word, to teach me and instruct me as to the way I should live. But I find myself, at times, doing so out of duty, habit, just to make a 'check mark' on my list of daily reading His Word. I DO NOT want to EVER take His Word for granted or find myself bored with God. So as I was praying about this,(my attitude toward God and His Word) these scriptures were brought to mind and as I meditated upon Him and His Word.

Duty: First we are told to love and obey God, to fear and follow Him...

"Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep His commandments, for this is the whole duty of man." Ecc. 12:13

And to study His Word...

"Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing The Word of Truth." II Tim. 2:15

Desire: But God wants it to be from the heart...our desire.

"Yea, in the way of Thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for Thee, the desire of our soul is to Thy Name, and to the remembrance of Thee." Isaiah 26:8

"As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of The Word, that ye may grow thereby." I Peter 2:2

Delight: God and His Word is our delight, it's what is and should be our satisfaction.

"Delight thyself also in The LORD; and He shall give thee the desires of thine heart." Ps.37:4

"But his delight is in the law of The LORD; and in His law doth he meditate day and night." Ps.1:2

So while we're told to study His Word and to follow and obey Him as our Christian duty; God is looking at our hearts, He is seeking those who will worship Him in Spirit and in Truth...from the heart. Let's examine our hearts and draw near unto God, to delight in Him and His Word, to desire Him and His presence above all else. What a wonderful gift we've been given, let us be thankful and not take for granted what Jesus did for us...and share this Good News with others.

[Updated on: Mon, 15 September 2014 14:07]

“But God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us,”

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