Desiring God Obediently (short)

There will more on this when I return home from vacation but these verses jumped out at me this morning during my quiet time (Ps 92:1).

Pay special attention to verse 29 and 31.

Deut 5:28-33
28 "And the LORD heard your words, when you spoke to me. And the LORD said to me, 'I have heard the words of this people, which they have spoken to you. They are right in all that they have spoken.
29 Oh that they had such a mind as this always, to fear me and to keep all my commandments, that it might go well with them and with their descendants forever!
30 Go and say to them, "Return to your tents."
31 But you, stand here by me, and I will tell you the whole commandment and the statutes and the rules that you shall teach them, that they may do them in the land that I am giving them to possess.'
32 You shall be careful therefore to do as the LORD your God has commanded you. You shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left. (REF IS 30:21)
33 You shall walk in all the way that the LORD your God has commanded you, that you may live, and that it may go well with you, and that you may live long in the land that you shall possess.

Brain On A Chain

This morning I was thinking about thinking. Now, that is deep. It was like God said, You need to put your brain on a chain. I had a vision run through my mind of a dog on a chain. That dog can take off in any direction and run as fast as he desires but when he reaches the end of the chain…BAM….he is stopped in his tracks. He cannot go any further. That is what we must to with our brain. Put it on a chain. (I also heard this to the tune Pants on the Ground.) Paul wrote to the church at Corinth, “We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.” Imagine that, every thought put on a chain to be obedient to Christ. Keeping our brain from running after the wrong thoughts. Paul wrote the church at Philippi these words, “Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me—practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.” (Phil 4:8-9,ESV). What the Bible is teaching us is to put our brain on a chain.

WFMP GO

WFMP

Nehemiah is one of my favorite books in the Old Testament. He was a man who saw that things were not the way they should be and stepped aside from his great job, responsibilities, and pace of life to make things different for those in difficulty. Each Sunday 70% of people choose not to go to church anywhere. Going to church is not the main point. The point is they are choosing not to be part of the Body of Christ. I believe if Nehemiah heard this news he would WFMP. This is what we should do. If we will WFMP we will find ourselves following God into a radical life. Jesus was radical. The WFMP was not a plan it was an immediate response. That would reveal his heart. So as we consider how many people choose not to be part of the body I pray we WFMP then Go. So today, weep, fast, mourn and pray then go and live a radical life for Christ. It’s a heart thing. "Commit your work to the Lord and your plans will be established" (Prov 16:3, ESV).

Read Nehemiah 1