Delight
to Do God's Will
Where
there is no vision the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.
Prov. 29:18
To those who love God it will be the
highest delight to keep His commandments and to do those things that are
pleasing in His sight. . . .
Says the psalmist, "The law of the
Lord is perfect." How wonderful in its simplicity, its comprehensiveness
and perfection, is the law of Jehovah! It is so brief that we can easily commit
every precept to memory, and yet so far-reaching as to express the whole will
of God and to take cognizance, not only of the outward actions, but of the
thoughts and intents, the desires and emotions, of the heart. Human laws cannot
do this, They can deal with the outward actions only. . . . The law of God
takes note of the jealousy, envy, hatred, malignity, revenge, lust, and
ambition that surge through the soul, but have not found expression in the
outward action; . . . and these sinful emotions will be brought into account in
the day when "God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret
thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil." . . .
There is no mystery in the law of God.
All can comprehend the great truths which it embodies. The feeblest intellect
can grasp these rules. . . .
Obedience to the law is essential, not
only to our salvation, but to our own happiness and the happiness of all with
whom we are connected.
Man's happiness must always be guarded by
the law of God. . . . The law is the hedge which God has placed about His
vineyard. By it those who obey are protected from evil.
We owe to Him all that makes life
desirable, and He asks of us the affections of the heart and the obedience of
the life. His precepts, if obeyed, will bring happiness into the home life,
happiness to every individual.
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Rightdoing will bring peace and holy joy.
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