Good Morning Friends,
“Sacrifice and offering you did not desire,
but my ears you have pierced; burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not
require. Then I said, ‘Here I am, I have
come -- it is written about me in the scroll.
I desire to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart.’”
(Psalm 40:6-8)
Ritual and ceremony -- going through the
motions of religion -- are not what God desires. What God desires is a heart that is devoted
to Him!
David said, “I desire to do your will.” David had a heart that longed to do what
pleased God. No wonder he was called a
“man after God’s heart.” David said,
“your law is within my heart.” Following
God was not just an outward ritual for David, it came from deep within him.
That’s the difference between a Pharisee and
a Christian. For a Pharisee, a
relationship with God was laws to obey, rules to keep, and ceremonies to go
through. For a Christian, a relationship
with God is the response of a heart that is in love with Him.
Pharisee or Christian -- which best describes
your relationship with God?
His, by Grace,
Steve
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