Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Wednesday's Wonder

If you read your Bible or pray because you knows it is the right thing to do, rather than a spiritual desire in your heart at the time... Does it still honor God or are we just going through a ritualistic motion much like the Pharisees?

I'm sure the Cross was not what Jesus wanted after all he prayed for the cup to pass from him in the garden, however he disciplined himself to please the Father and be about the Father's Will. I, therefore, believe that if we spend time with God in scriptures and prayer when we don't feel like it but show God a discipline and dedication to draw close to Him we honor God even more than we do in the times when we yearn for the closeness.

What are your thoughts on this Wednesday's WONDER ???
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2 comments:

  1. The King's QueenAugust 24, 2011 at 1:14 PM

    It's great to have you more active on the blog!

    I think you are absolutely right. Sometimes we have to develop a taste for the Word of God, and just pray for God to give us that desire and craving again. I believe that God understands the struggle, and as long as our hearts are in the right place, He knows that we are honoring Him.

    However, if we have never felt a desire for God's Word or have no desire to desire it, then all of our efforts are worthless. The Pharisees made the Law their idol, and worshiped it rather than the God who gave the law to them. That can happen with us as well.

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  2. The Imperfect SojournerAugust 29, 2011 at 5:06 AM

    i agree. we need to be disciplined, but our motive and approach and focus needs to be correctly placed.

    I think too much gets passed off as legalism nowadays when God clearly expects us to be disciplined and also to labour - once we arent trying to 'earn' anything that way... we do because he loves us and saved us rather than to earn salvation

    :)

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