Psalm 76:11a (MSG), "Do for God what you said you'd do - he is after all, your God."
Monday... This needs to be reinforced.
I as a Pastor have been a part of a lot of weddings. As a church planter who didn't have a church building, I performed weddings in a lot of different locations. Some of them were spectacular.
Now in each wedding there is a place where each one who is getting married shares their vows to each other and those vows help in keeping each other in line but situations happen that can bring changes to relationships and even separation and divorce. Humans bring complications into living by those vows and in there relationship with the other person.
But in our relationship with God this needs to be reinforced. The Psalmist writes in 76:11a (MSG), "Do for God what you said you'd do - he is after all, your God." And then verse 12 says, "Nobody gets by with anything, no one plays fast and loose with him."
Now I believe that each one of us are free moral agents in our relationships. If love is involved then there must be a choice. We get married because of love. There is a choice. I made a choice when I married Margaret and she made a choice when she married me. And with love there is a commitment but it can change because we are free moral agents.
And this is true in the commitment that God has made with us and we have made back with him. With him it is an everlasting choice. He created us out of love because he wanted someone to love him because they chose to love him so it is important to know the benefits and the consequences of that choice.
Again Psalm 76:11a (MSG) says, "Do for God what you said you'd do - he is after all, your God." And then verse 12 says, "Nobody gets by with anything, no one plays fast and loose with him." Yes there are definite benefits and definite consequences that are eternal.
Now Margaret and I went through a very difficult time in our relationship and there needed to be repentance and forgiveness in order to continue our time together. We both have made some free choices in there that have kept us together for 50 years. Love is a commitment and a choice. And yes, we need to be reminded of the consequences of those choices especially in our relationship with God. For we have so much to lose. We really do. That is why we need to be reinforced with what we will gain and lose eternally.
Now the choices that Margaret and I have made have made our life so much better than it could have been without having each other in our lives. God has rewarded us. And for sure our love relationship with him has made all the difference in our now and in our future. I just wanted to reinforce that today.
Just a thought on this Monday morning. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning
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