More Than the Law

"This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel

after that time," declares the Lord.

"I will put my law in their minds

and write it on their hearts.

I will be their God,

and they will be my people. (Jeremiah 31:33 NIV)

I found this on Facebook.  I think this is just more of what Jesus was telling us when he said to give your coat along with your cloak and walk the extra mile.  It's about doing more than just believing certain things; it is about fully living what we believe.  It's about believing with not just our intellect and not even with our hearts.... But with our daily actions...the way that we naturally live our daily lives.

The Old Testament Law told us how we are supposed to act and the first parts of the lines in the picture above are like that Law.  The second part is the New Testament stuff... The stuff we do because we really "get it." The stuff we do because we really understand what it means to have the Law written on our hearts. It's about doing what God expects of us, not because we have to, but because we so love God and so love others that we want to do it... and more.  It becomes our very nature, because we truly are made in God's image.  And God IS love.

This is the perfection for which we strive... Perfect love.  We will fail because of our human nature to put ourselves first, but as we draw closer to Perfect Love, we will become more like Him and the Law will be unnecessary.

Father,

Teach us to live more fully in our beliefs.  Help us to always want to do more than what is required so that we may truly have abundant life. Amen

Joys:  a sleepover with Cecelia; emails that make me smile; rainy weather and watching old classic movies