After months of enduring the mess, I got out the Goo-Gone® and razor blade last night and removed the previous owner's tape gunk from the pull-out writing surface of my desk. Very nice this morning, I am well rewarded. So, what profound thoughts does this provide for me to write about? None, I can't think of a thing. On the other hand, something on the Internet made me think of love and how it does even when it doesn't have to do anything. We are called to mourn with those who mourn. We don't have to, it isn't our loss to bear, but love compels us to join in the mourning. Of course, obedience implies a choice as well. We obey out of love. If it was a have-to, there would be no choice involved. We but follow our Lord in this.
Jesus had no need to save Himself by going to the cross; He was sinless. Instead, love brought Him to our rescue from sin and death by His obedience to the Father. Remember that extra mile thing? Yes, we could obey out of a sense of duty, a sort of neutral, or obey because the Lord commanded it, grumbling all the way, but better still is the heart that obeys out of love. Oh, how I look forward to that heart fully regenerated to my Lord and His Law!
Right now the carnal heart that is of this world is like an enemy behind the lines. The Lord says do, and it doesn't; the Lord says shalt not, and it wants to. In opposition to all that rebellion is love. The love is growing and the other must die and fall away, back to the dust from whence it came. Praise God that Jesus has overcome the world!
Yours in Christ,Bucky
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