Oh, How He Loves Us

Scripture Deuteronomy 5:[29] Oh, that their hearts would be inclined to fear me and keep all my commands always, so that it might go well with them and their children forever!

Observation: God sounds disappointed or sad because He knows His children won’t keep all of His commands. He loves us so much and knows what is best for us, but that terrible thing of free will and our sinful nature continues to make us wander form His grace. The first part where it states that our heart would be inclined is the key if we truly wanted to honor God and follow Him we would, but there is so much distractions down here and we so badly want to please ourselves before pleasing God and He knows that. All He wants is the best for us and He knows what is best, not us.

Application: I want to have a more pliable heart that God would be able to shape it for my own good. I want to follow all of my Lord’s commands and to glorify Him with my life. I do fear God but not always and that is my desire to fear Him in all situations, to put my God first above everything.

Prayer: My Lord you are so worthy of the best of me. Show me how to do it, how to finish well and when I get home I want to lay any reward I might have earned on this earth at your feet and worship you forever.