Monday, May 01, 2006

This weeks thoughts I was told that I needed to blog about this, so here is goes! I was chatting to one of the guys from church, and we were discussing structures and "laws/ rules" in church. I then quoted Bill Johnstown when he said that "Law is the lowest form of discipleship" you know it is totally true, rules are really the least effective way of us doing anything. If you tell a child not to do something that is never as effective as when they don’t want to do something. Like with kids (well most sane kids) you don’t need to make a rule saying you can’t eat vegetables, they just wont eat them because they don’t want them!
Passion is always better than law, like our giving, I think we should give to the church because we want to give to God not because we have to. When our passion for giving runs dry then we turn to the law and give our 10%, but we don’t start there we only use law to patch up where our passion fails us. We need the law (referring to the guidelines that are set out in the bible!) to help us when our passion fades as it always will from time to time. We all face that from time to time, just all the passion for life fades and we don’t really want/feel like doing the right thing, then we need to think about what is right and do it whether we feel like it or not.
"This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time," declares the LORD. "I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people." Jeremiah 31:33-34 (New International Version) I have been reading this and thinking what dose it mean to have the law written on our hearts? The only thing that I have sort of rested my thoughts on is that the Holy Spirit will give us a passion to carry out the "law". That God will give us a passion to do what he wants us to do, all I can say to that is amen!! Jesus will you give me the passion to do what you want me to do, will you put on my heart your law and the plans and desired that you have for me. Thanks!

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