GETTING TO KNOW GOD DAY BY DAY We must come to know the Lord. From this, a simple truth arises: Not knowing God promotes irreverence of God,.., Not knowing God promotes disobedience. Knowing God, on the other hand, promotes the fear of God and humility before Him and thus obedience. Knowing God in His sovereignty works to remove every ground for man to rely on himself and boast. Salvation is of the Lord; it is by His grace through faith. Man wants to think that he is contributing greatly to his redemption and salvation, but John tells us we are born, not of the will of the flesh, but of God (John 1:13). If we understand Gods sovereignty, it leads us to praise Him for the glory of what He is: He is our salvation! In addition, we desire salvation for the very purpose of humbling ourselves before Him that we might glorify Him. This means that we can wisely turn only one way: We must choose to submit to His will. The exercise, the actual use, of humility in daily life is a choice. Each time we submit to Gods instruction, we are humbling ourselves before Him. Once we know what Gods will is, we must still deal with choosing to use humility by submitting to it. Is that not what God says in Deuteronomy 30:19, that we must choose life rather than death? I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live. Fully accepting Gods sovereignty provides us the proper comparisons so that we can wisely make right choices.
Posted on: Fri, 28 Nov 2014 11:12:49 +0000
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