Saturday, February 7, 2009

You Do All Things Well, Lord

He does all things well, is my word of testimony today. I choose to remember passages of scripture that keep that word in my mind.
I read how He healed the sick (on the sabbath) and encouraged His hungry disciples to eat corn as they went through a field ( on the sabbath ) . His doing "well" was not based on following the rules. His doing "well" was doing the will of His Father.

I want to do "well." So many times I view following the rules as "doing well". Then of course I want others to follow the rules , so they will be considered "doing well". It isn't long before my perfect world , isn't perfect because nobody can follow the rules perfectly all the time.

In Jesus' case it wasn't that He couldn't follow the rules perfectly , He just knew , when He should and when He shouldn't.

I think I must look at what others do , as I would look at what Jesus did . I must believe that if they are about Our Fathers business and they break the rules , they are doing what they believe Our Father wants them to do.

As for myself I have the Cain and Abel story in mind. Also , the time when Jesus told Peter that Satan wanted to sift him like wheat.
It isn't what I "do" that is of such great importance to God . It is "how" I do it.
A right spirit , a broken and a contrite heart , these are offerings He won't despise.
These are offerings I can tell Him that I want to give. These are offerings that I can hope He will give me to give .

These offerings are spiritually given and spiritually received.

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