October 17, 2018 - Many are they who would say, ”Oh, that I too might be blessed, that I might live a life of less trouble, a life of joy and not sorrow."
There is just such a life available to all who seek it, for as the Bible says, “Seek and you shall find.”
“Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord! Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, who seek him with their whole heart, who also do no wrong, but walk in his ways!” (Psalm 119:1-3)
If you seek the blessed life there is but one place it can be found. In the Lord our God, walking with him in his ways, by his will and his wishes, forsaking the world and all its iniquities for the Lord and his righteousness.
For as the Bible tells us, “But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.” (Matt. 6:33)
And what, you might ask, will this do for me, if I do seek the kingdom of God and accept his precepts and keep his testimonies?
“Ask, and it will be given to you, seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.” (Matt. 7:7)
As the psalmist pleads that he might be able to do as the Lord asks, that he might be among the blessed of the Lord.
“Oh that my ways may be steadfast in keeping your statutes! Then I shall not be put to shame, having my eyes fixed on all your commandments.” (Psalm 119:5-6)
For as the Bible tells us, “There is therefore no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.” (Romans 8:1-2)
God has given all people the way to eternal blessing. By sending his own Son, making him in the likeness of sinful flesh, having him be born as a man, yet keeping all of God’s wishes and laws during his life on earth. Having him to die on the cross for the sins of all mankind, once for all, fulfilling the righteous requirement of the law, not by the flesh but by the Spirit. For those who are freed by the Spirit are free indeed, no longer governed by the sins of the flesh, but set apart from the world and kept by the Holy Spirit of God for the great day of the Lord that is to come.
God has given us his law, written in his word, the Holy Bible, that we might study and understand his precepts, and know his will for us that we can carry out his wishes for us each day.
It is for those of us who choose to follow the Lord to talk to him each day, asking him as did the psalmist, “Teach me, O Lord the ways of your statutes; and I will keep it to the end.” (Psalm 119:33)
“Your testimonies are my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart. I incline my heart to perform your statutes forever, to the end.” (Psalm 119:111-112)
“I call to you; save me, that I may observe your testimonies.” (Psalm 119:146)
“Because if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified (made righteous), and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.” (Romans 10:9-10) Be blessed today, call on him to save you. He will…
