Set Apart

My brother-in-law teaches an adult Sunday school class at our church. I attended it this morning. Today's subject was Joshua 23. First, koodos to Abraham, you did a wonderful job. You're wisdom and knowledge is so admirable. You also kept my attention the whole time! Which for someone who's as A.D.D. as I am, that's huge! Very interesting class. The class really got me thinking. Two things really stood out to me and humbly reminded me.

First of all, if you love God, you will obey him. I love God but do I obey him? Yes, and sometimes no. I am not obedient at times, too often in fact. I let things of this world lead me to wrong choices. I sometimes do lose focus on what matters. We're not here for things, we're not here for ourselves. We're here to glorify God and to spread his word. We're here to love. Here's a very simple example, do I really need to go buy ANOTHER Christmas decoration to set out in our living room? No. Could someone else be helped with the money I would spend on that frivilous item? Of course. So, Abraham, today you curbed me from going out and buying another "thing" that's definitely not needed. I know this is way off from the subject of the class, but one thought leads to another, and so on and so on, therefore, this is where my thinking is right now.

Secondly, why did God give us his commandments? Lots of reasons, but most of all, to set us apart. Do others view me as set apart? I think some do. After talking with David today he said, "well, definitely the people who know you well". True. But how can I be viewed as set apart even to those who don't know me well? I pray for God's spirit and light to shine from my heart and in how I live my life. I keep saying "God". Lately, I've changed how I pray. He's my Father. There I went off on a tangent, back to the subject. Point is, I'm stepping back and taking another look at my life (as I do frequently) and it's time to make some changes and adjustments....again.