you dishonor God...

"You who boast in the law dishonor God by breaking the law..."

This verse from Romans 2 hit me between the eyes the other day.

Have you ever heard a good message or read a very relevant Bible verse and it lights up your day? Everyone does. I love those moments! When the truth is so beautiful and makes you feel so full inside, it is great. But its a shallow greatness...

So often I will have this type of "revelation moment" and will tell all my closest friends what I have just discovered. It will feel great to tell them. I will tell them, forget it, and keep living the same. 

Its not that I live a life of sinful filth, its just that the scripture or teaching has no tangible evidence in my actions or life. 

An example of this is if I read Ephesians and it hit me that I need to be using the Word of God as a sword against the deceptions of the enemy. I then hear some teaching that reminds me that Satan hates the church, hates me, and is millions of times more powerful than me. The remedy to this dangerous situation is to hide the Word of God in my heart and use it "that I might not sin against thee..." 

Its a sacred echo!

I will then take this powerful realization and tell my closest friends. They will see me as a wise believer who is growing and has good things to say. They may be encouraged by what I have to say.

But then I go back to my normal life and don't apply this truth to my life in the secret place. When it's just between me and God.

"You who boast in the law dishonor God by breaking the law..."

If I break this "law" of the Spirit as I am boasting in it, then the Word says I am dishonoring God.

oh shoot.

In conclusion,

It is far better to live an unseen life before an Audience of One, and allow Him to lead you to say the things He has for you to say and do the things He has for you to do, rather than force them, by boasting in what you have absolutely no knowledge of.

I am finding out almost daily that I know next to nothing about anything.

I mean look at this mess of a blog :)

...It looks like we are a people who desperately need Him.

Might I suggest you listen to "Meteor  Shower" by Owl City?

-DL