March 15, 2010
March 15, 2010 by pastormichael
Filed under Pastors' Corner
Another Monday is here!
Another Sunday is gone!
Another Sunday is on the horizon!
And Easter services are staring me in the face!
I woke up this morning (barely) wondering a few things:
- Who invented time changes?
- Why do the movies that win Academy Awards win them?
- Why did I let some of my “young” friends convince me to stay up late watching one such movie?
- Why is my printer at home not working after a friend fixed a bunch of problems with my computer?
- How come some days seem so filled with purpose and are met with such excitement?
- How come other days seems more like stepping back into the rat race than into God’s call?
- How do we rise above the routine and mundane?
- How do we live to His purposes for our lives?
- When it’s all said and done, what really matters?
I have been reading through a “Read-Through-The-Bible-In-Chronological-Order-In-A-Year” Bible reading plan. Lately, I have found myself in the book of Deuteronomy. Interesting reading. It can be a little disengaging at times, but there is a predominant and over-riding theme: obey God. Obey God at all costs. Follow his commands. Live life His way. Don’t be tempted to stray away following other gods. Don’t become enamored with the world, be committed to God. Be committed to obedience.
I wondered what the word “deuteronomy” meant. My research showed that it literally means “second law”. Bear with me here: it’s not that this book reveals a second set of laws – rather, it re-emphasizes a second time the first set of laws given…remember the Ten Commandments. All “laws” about how we are to live. All commands about how we are to live in relationship. Simply summarized – the first several commandments are about our relationship with God, the others about our relationship with people. An even simpler summary is “love God, love people” (Jesus talked about this in the New Testament).
And then it hit me…this summary purpose was the answer to all of the questions that were rolling around in my head when I woke up this morning: love God & love people!
Have a “LG&LP” kind of day!
Pastor Michael
