Longing for God’s Law
R C Sproul
A survey by George Gallup Jr. revealed a startling trend in
our culture. According to Gallup, the evidence seems to indicate that there are
no clear behavioral patterns that distinguish Christians from non-Christians in
our society. We all seem to be marching to the same drummer, looking to the
shifting standards of contemporary culture for the basis of what is acceptable
conduct. What everybody else is doing seems to be our only ethical norm.
This pattern can emerge only in a society or a church
wherein the law of God is eclipsed. The very word law seems to have an
unpleasant ring to it in our evangelical circles.
Let’s try an experiment. Read the passages from Psalm 119
that accompany this devotion. Try to crawl into the skin of the writer and
experience empathy. Try to feel what he felt when he wrote these lines
thousands of years ago.
Does this sound like a modern Christian? Do we hear people
talk about longing passionately for the law of God? Do we hear our friends
expressing joy and delight in God’s commandments?
Coram Deo: Living in the Presence of God
Do you long passionately for God’s law? Do you express joy
and delight in His commandments?
For Further Study
Psalm 119:97: “Oh, how I love Your law! It is my meditation
all the day.”
Psalm 119:11–12: “Your word I have hidden in my heart, that
I might not sin againstYou! Blessed are You, O Lord! Teach me Your statutes!”
Psalm 119:131: “I opened my mouth and panted, for I longed
for Your commandments.”
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