Chewing on this. - Of late I've had much need of the words and wisdom of others who chose to walk the path the Father laid out for them, be it friends in the Lord or those who left markers on their journeys.
So I've been reading daily from a number of devotionals.
A couple of days ago I picked up, "Daily Meditations." It's selected writings from D.L. Moody for each day.
I liked the question asked today:
"Did you ever notice all but the heart of man obeys God?"
That drew me up short and I had to think on that. Of course it's true.
Moody goes on to give examples where the Father and Christ have commanded and creation immediately obeys. But when He has spoken to man, man has not always obeyed.
Moody goes on to conclude,
"That is why man is out of harmony with God, and it will never be different until men learn to obey God. God wants obedience, and He will have it, else there can be no harmony."
I believe that's worth thinking about today. We are a selfish lot, we humans. We want what we want no matter who we hurt in the process, to look better to ourselves, to feed our lusts, to fill the emptiness we create when we choose our will and not God's for ourselves.
Pride. Selfishness. They feed our independence from the Father. The create the disharmony in our lives.
And yet the Father still looks down the road waiting expectantly for our return. Though we reek of our own filth, He awaits arms open.
