PEACE AND STEADINESS

 

PEACE AND STEADINESS

Ps. 119:165 Those who love your law have great peace and do not stumble. NLT

The law sheds great light on our souls. It exposes our sins and commands our allegiance to God’s ways. When we love the law, we are agreeing that it is good for us. It is good that our sins be exposed and we are found to be unworthy of a relationship with God. In order for us to know saving grace, we must first know that we desperately need it. We must know that all of our righteousness, all the things we try to do to please God, are as filthy rags. None of us can please God on the merit of our efforts to do good things.

We who love the law do so because it compels us to flee to Christ. We quickly learn that we need Christ to save us. We learn that there is no other way to find favor with God than Jesus. We learn from the law that it is God’s way and no other way.

When we learn to appreciate God’s ways and strive to live by them, we have great peace in our souls. We know all is well between us and God because we discover in Jesus the ability to live righteously before God. Jesus fulfills all of the demands of the law and in Him we know that all is well with our souls. There is no greater peace than to know that God is with us. And, when God is with us, we do not fall down and stay down.

The Lord holds us up and keeps us steady when we live submissively and obediently. We may lose our balance and stumble, but Jesus never lets us stay down. He picks us up, wipes us off, and sends us on our way again, with Him as our guide and strength.

The law is given to help guide us on our way. Learn to love and appreciate it. With Jesus helping us, we know the peace that passes all human understanding. We know the peace that comes from being right with God.