Friday Reading: Romans 2:1-4
Key Verse: Romans 2:4
4 Or do you despise the riches of His kindness, and the forbearance and long-suffering, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance?
Devotion:
Once you figure out what laws are good to follow, you then have to make your mind up about how to follow them because following laws is not just a case of doing what the law says... If we were to just try and do what the law says we would very quickly find out that we both find it impossible to keep the law and impossible to discern the spirit of the law. Following the law must not just be an act, nor a duty, but a mindset.
If we try to uphold the law against others we will very quickly find out that we are hated for upholding the law. When we try to figure out why we should be hated for doing that we will begin to realise that we are in fact breaking those same laws, probably without realising it. It is very hard to push against the corruption of the law because there seem to be so much corruption that surrounds us. It is very hard to work for the law when we are surrounded by so much corruption too because we will find that we are fighting against so many people around us.
What we need to do is to make the law a part of our lives and to continue to ask God for the wisdom to walk within that law. It is not going to be an easy task because we will find it hard not to judge everything or everyone according to our own ideals; that is because that is the way that we have lived for so long and that is the way of the world. When Paul wrote this letter he knew how easy it was to go with the flow and to make your own mind up about the law – he was one that upheld the laws that worked against God for so long. We are not all going to have Christ confront us and ask why we work against Him – we have our bibles to guide us in the right direction. We do need to familiarise ourselves with God’s Word so that He can guide us better in walking within His law.
Points to Ponder:
Do you think you uphold the law quite well?
How many commandments do you break a week?
