The challenge lies before you. Your skillset and how you
handle the box's contents affect the outcome. The box is labeled “assembly
required.” In other words, it is your responsibility to assemble it. Such
purchases usually include an instruction page and package with the necessary tools,
nuts, bolts, and screws. If you carefully follow the instructions, you will
enjoy the completed project. But it can be very frustrating when you choose to
do it your way without regard to the instructions, or you discover a crucial
item is missing, and the project does not go well.
God, our Creator, provides His prized creation with an
instruction manual—the Word of God. This manual enables us to know Him, to set and
keep our lives in order. Promised blessings are ours as we hear or read His
Word, allow the message to reach our heart, and obey His commands. Those
blessings include a life well-lived filled with an outward and inward sense of
well-being.
There are never missing pieces in God’s provisions
toward us, and His instructions are plain and easy to understand: Obedience
brings blessing; disobedience brings discipline (Deuteronomy 11:26–28). Consequences
we suffer for disobedience do not give our Father pleasure, but God executes punishment
for our good because of His great love.
When you walk in obedience to God’s Word and live a life
well-pleasing to the Lord, you will enjoy “length of days, long life, and
peace” added to you (v. 2). What a promise!
Love this!!!
ReplyDeleteGoing into the process without God's instruction is just as frustrating as completing that assembly and realize it "ain't right."
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