Daniel: Heart
In my previous post I mentioned my Pharisaical mindset for a moment. I’m gonna expand on that and what God has been teaching me about it
I tend to get very concerned about the law. About what is right and wrong, and what I can do and cannot do. How I should be above reproach in everything.
I’m starting to learn what it means to really be above reproach. What it means to love the way that Jesus did.
It’s not about attaining perfect theology. It’s about chasing after God’s heart. Romans 9 equates me to a piece of clay, with God as the potter. My relationship with God isn’t a relationship that is based on how much I can recite about God. It isn’t about how many of the rules I can keep. Those are guidelines, and are ridiculously important. But what is even more important is pursuing what those guidelines are guidelines for. I can’t figure God out. Isaiah 55 says
8For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways, declares the LORD.
9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
In the sense that I am talking about right now, God is just my daddy. I’m a helpless baby, I’m utterly dependent on Him. This the the relationship I want with Him. I want the faith of a child. (I’m not contradicting 1 Peter 3:15 btw, talk to me about it if you don’t understand.)
The Pharisees had some pretty sweet theology going on, but they missed the most important thing. The whole law is fulfilled in one word: love. That’s what matters. Break the law if that is what the selfless love of Christ demands of you.
I hope you go to the core of what I’m trying to share. It’s hard to write about it because I haven’t even begun to figure this out. I hope this brings you encouragement.
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