“The World vs. God”

Scripture:

Psalm 119:15-16
I will study Your Commandments and reflect on Your Ways.
I will delight in Your Principles and not forget Your Word. (NLT)

Observation:

In order for people to intelligently follow any kind of precepts, whether they are worldly or godly in nature, one must first take the time to study and contemplate them fully before they can successfully be applied to ones life. And secondly, these studied precepts must also be something that one enjoys.

Application:

With that said; if we truly want to learn God’s way of living in this most difficult world we must first turn to the Author of Life Himself; reading and studying His Word daily, rejoicing in what it says, and then humbly ask God what it means and how we should apply it to our lives (James 1:5). There are many worldly precepts that we can choose from, but it is only through the precepts of God’s powerful Word that we can truly know what it means to live (Hebrews 4:12). When we ask the Lord our God, Jesus Christ, into our lives and accept His sacrificial atonement for our sinful existence, our lives are no longer our own. God paid the heftiest price possible to free us from our sin and death, and we owe Him dearly—we owe Him our lives completely—not just certain parts, but all parts. Putting your life into the care and control of God does not take the fun out of living (which is what the secular world would have you believe) rather, it puts fun into its proper prospective. Surrendering to God actually brings far more enjoyment into our lives than anything this world has to offer. For our new godly nature will no longer crave the temporary, instant gratifying things that our sinful nature craves, instead, our desire to please God will patiently bring us an everlasting gratification that continues to bring joy into our lives (Romans 8:6-8). We will be able to discern the lasting joy type of fun that God designed for us from the temporal joy type of fun that this fallen world embraces. God’s precepts always lead to abundant, everlasting joy and life while the world’s misguided precepts create chaos, disappointment, and eternal darkness and death. The wise will choose God’s precepts and rejoice; the foolish will not. Instead, they will hang on to the world’s temporal pleasing precepts and rejoice in them while they can.

Prayer:

I would hate to think of what this cruel and evil world would be like without You, Lord God. We would have no righteousness, nor would there be any hope for justice. It is only because of Your mercy and grace that You gave us the key to living a righteous and just life. This dark world rejects righteousness and judges unfairly for many. But You are the True and Final Judge and no unforgiven wrongs shall go unpunished, for Your justice reigns.

Amen