Daily Devotion

February 8, 2006

Psa 119:47-48 KJV And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.  (48) My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.

At a time when there were so many commandments to obey, at a time when religion was based on a cold legalistic and ritualistic blind application of rules, at a time when to obey the commandments was as the apostles said, a “yoke”, “which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear”, David delighted in God’s commandments which he said he loved to meditate on.

It should make us ashamed of ourselves if in this day and age of voluntary obedience to an easier type of adherence to God’s commandments,
if once the heavy yoke of legalism is lifted, we follow Him reluctantly if at all.  The people of God followed Him for something they were hoping to get; they were doing it in a spirit of hope and faith.  We follow Him for something we’ve already received when we gave our hearts to the Lord, so we should do it in a spirit of extreme gratitude and thanks, putting our hands unto His commandment out of love.  

Do you follow Him out of love or out of duty? And most of all:
What is it that He wants you to do today?  
In what way does He want you to serve Him?
Can you say, “yea” and “amen” without reservations to the answers to these questions?

Joh 14:15  If ye love me, keep my commandments.