Daily Devotion for December 14, 2005

Walking in Peace

 

Do not snatch the word of truth from my mouth, for I have put my hope in your laws. Psalm 119:43

 

This verse speaks (as well as all of Psalm 119) to us of the freedom and joy of obedience to the laws God gave to the Hebrews. Whether you use the Ten Commandments or the summary of the law as given to us by Jesus (Mark 12:29-31), it is the focus on and obedience to the law which sets us free. “I shall walk at liberty, for I have sought your precepts.”

 

How can that be? To give ourselves, our own wants and desires to God’s will seems like a big sacrifice. If God is so loving, how can He demand our love and obedience? How can we trust that taking His law into our hearts, minds, and spirits is going to do more for us than we can do for ourselves by our own efforts and man-made laws? It’s simple, we screw up each day – God does not.  He is a consistent God that gives us his precepts to walk in – it is there that we find peace, we find safety!

 

The psalmist knows that the Lord our God does love us and provides simple guidelines for our freedom so that we can know that love,  worship him, and prepare for the Good News of the Christ child who brings everlasting peace. “I find my delight in your commandments, which I love.”

 

Prayer
Heavenly Father – help me daily walk in your ways.  It is here that I find the Peace that comes in the Christ Child this Christmas.  Amen

 

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