YOU WILL BECOME!
It is interesting that what we think about the most – we become. Sadly, when we were born into this world, we were immediately given the task of doing what is right, and soon the way we would view ourselves would be based upon our ability to live up to those standards. As we got older, we became more aware of our inability to fulfill all of those righteous requirements and,therefore, found ourselves with scarred consciences and the inability to experience the wonderful life God intended for us.
This situation is like being married to a husband who is meticulously accurate and perfectly neat and expects you to perfectly fulfill every one of his standards while not willing to lift a single finger to help. This is what happened to us as a human race when Adam and Eve partook of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (the law). As soon as they ate, they immediately experienced the repercussions, guilt, shame, condemnation and fear. They were immediately bound to the failing efforts of their own righteousness and more children who would live cursed with the same guilt and shame. But, there is great hope for us – take a look!
Rom 4:14-15 If God’s promise is only for those who obey the law, then faith is not necessary and the promise is pointless. 15 For the law always brings punishment on those who try to obey it. (The only way to avoid breaking the law is to have no law to break!)
Romans 10:4 Christ is the end of the law so that there may be righteousness for those who believe.
Interestingly, our new marriage partner, Christ Jesus, came and gave us a law with a much higher standard than the law of Moses (the law regarding external works), he released the new law of love which deals with the very motives of the heart. But, unlike our old marriage partner (the law),our new marriage partner (Jesus),is not only the one who gives the law, but he is the very One who carries out the perfection of that law within us and through us.
The Bible says, “The law came through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.” John 1:17We no longer look at the law as our standard of righteousness or, as you might say, our right standing with God, but now we look at Jesus Christ, the perfect lamb who gives righteousness (right standing with God) to all who believe! Through the release of this new way of living (love), all the law and the prophets are fulfilled.
When Jesus was asked which of the commandments was the greatest, he said, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.” Matthew 22:37-40
The Bible tells us that the purpose of the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love! Rom 5:5 When we simply surrender to the Holy Spirit, the life of God’s love will naturally flow through us! So ‘what is my job’ you might ask? Change what you’re continually thinking about! Your job is to set your focus on the love God has for you as declared in his word and fully surrender to it! You can be sure of this, what you consistently meditate on…