Knowing the Difference

Knowing ABOUT God and KNOWING God are two entirely different things...KNOWING the difference is the key...

The Psalmist tells us how he delights ,meditates and loves Gods precepts all though out Psalm 119..
In verses 15 -18 he says " I meditate on your precepts and consider your ways. I delight in your decrees; I will not neglect your word.. Do good to your servant, and I will live; I will obey your word. Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in your law.."

And then again in verses 159-160 he says " See how I love your precepts; preserve my life, O LORD, according to your love. All your words are true; all your righteous laws are eternal."

David here is pining... nearly begging for God to give him instruction... begging for him to be constant in his life...and DELIGHTING in it..

Do WE do that? Are we THANKFUL for God's teaching , or do we despise it?

Be honest with yourself....but if the answer is the latter , we are in trouble.

We give our kids RULES or TEACHING because WE KNOW WHATS BEST FOR THEM ....not to be mean or unjust ,but the exact opposite. We give them teaching and boundaries because we LOVE them and we KNOW whats over there where they "aren't allowed"...and we want to spare them the pain of it... and in return we know that they love us back by obedience to our teachings.

Although they may not understand them at the time , if our kids follow our rules they come to KNOW us and our LOVE for them in a much deeper and meaningful sense... and when they have grown and have their own kids - THEN  see what we saw -  THEN  they will understand and KNOW our love for them was stronger than imaginable, and that the "rules" were a pure expression of love...maybe the purest!

So,where do you think this pattern came from?

Gods teachings aren't burdensome...they are a PURE  expression of HIS love for US....and our response should be nothing less than total obedience.
David KNEW the difference in KNOWING God and knowing ABOUT him... and it convicts me to try harder.

How bout you?

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