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Heart’s Attitude
"The LORD said to Moses,
'Speak to the entire assembly of Israel’ and say to them:
'Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.'"
Leviticus 19:1 (my emphasis bold)
Many people often think of Christian morality
as a kind of bargain in which God agrees
that if we will just keep a long list of rules,
then God will reward our abstentions.
The reverse then would naturally be true;
if we partake of these prohibitions
then we would receive God's displeasure, (wrath or cursing).
This obviously is a rather limited point-of-view,
although it does have its applications.
I believe we might better think in terms of this being
an ongoing set of choices that each of us makes –
that become the "who we are" in relation to God.
Every time you and I make a choice
we change the position of our hearts,
to a position that is just a little bit different
from what it was prior to making that choice.
On a daily basis this might not seem to be a huge change.
Taking your life as a whole, however,
with all the innumerable choices that we make
all our lives long we are slowly turning
toward this central hearts attitude,
either into a heavenly perspective
or a deceived evil one.
We slowly, but certainly, become
either a friend or enemy of God based,
at least in part, upon these seemingly small decisions.
There are no small decisions
when it comes to building Godly character.
Every choice plays its part
in that which we are to become,
and how we will be related to, or estranged from God.
To have rightly developed one heart's attitude
is to experience a slice of heaven on Earth;
to walk in peace, joy, righteousness,
and have the assurance of the Lord's knowledge
and approval in all we face.
The other, means despair, unbelief, impotence
and eternal separation
from the benefits of intimacy with the Beloved.
Some spend most of their lives
trying to work their way into a place of God’s acceptance.
The key is to know that we have been accepted
in Christ Jesus
and to live a life of righteousness, peace and joy
from that place of acceptance.
“But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you,
then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your forefathers served beyond the river,
or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living.
But as for me and my household,
we will serve the LORD ."
Joshua 24:15 (my emphasis bold)
Choose God's inheritance for you this day...
Commit yourself to the Lord and He will direct your path!
In Jesus, the Anointed One...
30
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Heart’s Attitude
"The LORD said to Moses,
'Speak to the entire assembly of Israel’ and say to them:
'Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.'"
Leviticus 19:1 (my emphasis bold)
Many people often think of Christian morality
as a kind of bargain in which God agrees
that if we will just keep a long list of rules,
then God will reward our abstentions.
The reverse then would naturally be true;
if we partake of these prohibitions
then we would receive God's displeasure, (wrath or cursing).
This obviously is a rather limited point-of-view,
although it does have its applications.
I believe we might better think in terms of this being
an ongoing set of choices that each of us makes –
that become the "who we are" in relation to God.
Every time you and I make a choice
we change the position of our hearts,
to a position that is just a little bit different
from what it was prior to making that choice.
On a daily basis this might not seem to be a huge change.
Taking your life as a whole, however,
with all the innumerable choices that we make
all our lives long we are slowly turning
toward this central hearts attitude,
either into a heavenly perspective
or a deceived evil one.
We slowly, but certainly, become
either a friend or enemy of God based,
at least in part, upon these seemingly small decisions.
There are no small decisions
when it comes to building Godly character.
Every choice plays its part
in that which we are to become,
and how we will be related to, or estranged from God.
To have rightly developed one heart's attitude
is to experience a slice of heaven on Earth;
to walk in peace, joy, righteousness,
and have the assurance of the Lord's knowledge
and approval in all we face.
The other, means despair, unbelief, impotence
and eternal separation
from the benefits of intimacy with the Beloved.
Some spend most of their lives
trying to work their way into a place of God’s acceptance.
The key is to know that we have been accepted
in Christ Jesus
and to live a life of righteousness, peace and joy
from that place of acceptance.
“But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you,
then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your forefathers served beyond the river,
or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living.
But as for me and my household,
we will serve the LORD ."
Joshua 24:15 (my emphasis bold)
Choose God's inheritance for you this day...
Commit yourself to the Lord and He will direct your path!
In Jesus, the Anointed One...
30
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