We all know by experience that "obey God's commandments" is easy to
say, but so very difficult if not impossible to do in every respect.
The apostle Paul even acknowledged this fact in his own experience. Romans
7:18,19,15 At every twist and turn in the spiritual life we keep
running into the truth of the spotted leopard–we can't do it on our own.
And that's exactly the point Jesus was making when He stated, "'With men
this is impossible, but with God all things are possible." What isn't
possible with us, is possible with God.
God promises to write His laws on our minds and hearts, to program them
into our intellectual and emotional DNA so to speak, so that it will eventually
become our natural impulse and sheer delight to do His will. Hebrews
8:10; Psalm 40:8.
God knows that you cannot give birth to your own spiritual life. John
15:4,5 That's the unalterable truth of the spotted leopard. Jeremiah
13:23 What God does ask you to do is to commit yourself
to obey Him, repent when you fail, talk to
Him in prayer about what's going on in your life, spend some time on a
regular basis meditating on His word in the Bible (Isaiah
55:10,11), do your best to be a thoughtful and loving person (Colossians
3:12-14), and then trust Him to save you (Philippians
1:6). God promises that as you do, He will accomplish everything
spiritually that's necessary in your life (Philippians
2:12,13), and that in the process you will be making a difference for
the glory of God and the advancement of His kingdom far beyond what you
may ever be aware of and ever imagined possible (Matthew
5:13,14).
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