We constantly drive around thinking that the rules of the road are acceptable and when we get into an accident we go through the hassle and haggle of trying to justify what happened and if it comes down to it we go to court and there we stand and the judge listens to our case and gives the verdict. It seems to me like we accept the rules given by our government but when it comes down to Gods rules and commands we seem to think that no one is looking.
Slowly but surely I have found Gods Law to be perfect but not from some wise person telling me but from my own arrogant approach of trail and error. If you tell someone the ten commandments supposedly the laws are written on their hearts, and when they hear it they will feel convicted. But is that the Goal to make a person feel convicted, probably not. I noticed that it is very unencouraging when a person just tells you what you are doing wrong most people are well aware but if they are not the laws are a good place to start. Although it may be loving in a tough love way it seems to get me down and get me trapped in all the things I do wrong which when boiled down to where my heart is at, is almost always. I was told to do what other people have done to me that I liked. I like it when people don't constantly strike me with criticism and do the opposite the accept me and encourage the things that I do that are good. This I like. I was once told that if something is good then pay attention to it, later I found out that it was from the Bible Philippians 4:8. Gods law is good in fact its too good, I think that's the point, no one can fallow his laws, especially in their heart Jesus tells us. Ever since I read in proverbs where it says meditate on the law day and night I have been trying to think about where my heart is according to the law day and night and surprisingly its not where I think it could be. I have beat myself up for this but some wise folk that I know reminded me that we can not keep the laws they are too perfect too good that is why we need Jesus and the holy spirit Prayer and Worship to help aim us toward perfection and walk on a desirable path. When I meditate on the laws they can get me down and then the new covenant that Jesus calls us to be in is even more difficult because it is not only our actions but our hearts. I heard a preacher once say that if you look at the 10 commandments you will basically be looking at the new covenant, the old law was perfect back then, Jesus came to fulfill the law not make new laws like the Pharisees. The new covenant is the same just without needing to sacrifice animals for our sins since Jesus came as the supreme sacrifice. Gods law is good and therefore worth looking at day and night like King David said. What comes from the heart goes to the heart and I think his Son was given to us from his heart so he could be in ours. I think if you ask anyone if they can claim they have kept all of the 10 commandments they will surly say no if you ask a Christian I think they would say i am trying with Gods help. Ultimately the law pushes us back into the boundary of freedom that god ordained for us to exist in. When we disobey the law we get a ticket and go to court and when found guilty, pay the consequences and repent or change and go back to not breaking the law. The Law Moses delivered is even so perfect in every way every day I have noticed meditating on it that it is the biggest push for me to understand God with all of my heart mind and and soul because his love for you and me is so perfect and so huge that it keeps me consistently in awe and baffled how good it really is. Every Christian is a hypocrite not a single one of them can keep the laws that is why we hang so close to our faith in Jesus. In this massive croud of people we find ourselves without direction, seeking direction by fallowing the law or covenant leads us to Jesus and then he helps us find our safe boundary of true freedom that God has made for us in our fallen condition.
Nothing can be so amusingly arrogant as a young man who has just discovered an old idea and thinks it is his own.
- Sidney J. Harris
