Daily Huddle - Wed Jan 29, 2020 Share

Love you all, praying for you.
 
One of the many things I so appreciate about God – He teaches us in themes.  Some truths can’t be fully understood with a comment.  He loves us enough that He doesn’t just tell us His Ways, He teaches us His Ways!  Psalm 119:46-47 - I will speak of your statutes before kings and will not be put to shame for I delight in your commands because I love them.  Wow so much here.  God not only gives truth, when He gives truth, He gives understanding for the doing of it.  Share God’s ways with others.  You will never be put to shame - God's truth works! When people notice that you live differently (the opposite of how the world lives) explain why – give them your testimony.  The testimony of fruit, of results that God gives.  You’re not fearing Him for nothing!  There are extreme benefits and rewards that accompany obedience.  Starting internally – and then being made manifest externally.  Someone once said – “They can argue your theology, but they can’t argue with your testimony.  Sharing God’s ways means - just asking God for open doors, opportunities to give Him the credit, to put the spotlight on Him.  Not untimely, or pridefully, or critically, just sharing the favor that obedience invites - the blessing of God.  Then sharing the truth in love - of what produces it.  But there’s also a difference between “to speak of His statutes' - and 'to speak of His statutes' that you delight in.  One is speaking of what you heard before, the other is speaking of something that you walk in continually – and have come to delight in.  When someone is delighted, it’s obvious, unmistakable, compelling – their testimony is overwhelming – irrefutable.  When someone is walking in truth and sharing the result it’s hard to argue with it.  You can respect differences of opinion and lifestyle.  You can respect others’ choices because of their God-given ability to choose.  But your delight in God’s Way’s which comes from consistently obeying His Word is powerful.  That’s why PiVAT – His way for you today, PRISM – His Ways and Why – and your Daily Call – overcoming in the victory of applying them, so you can delight in them – are so important!  For I delight in your commands because I love them (Love is obey.  You can’t delight in something that you don’t do).  But when you walk in it, you walk in the fruit of it.  When you obey – you delight, because He blesses it – He proves His Word true.  If you don’t obey, you don’t love it, and His Word is Him.  For I delight in Your commands – delight – to be pleased with, have pleasure in, to be inclined towards.  Like David said,  "I have inclined my heart to obey your word."  Inclined – to lean past the gravity point of no return – a foregone conclusion.   Why don’t people share His statutes?  Because they are not their delight?  Why not? Because they don’t obey them, and why don’t they obey them? because they say different, they think different.  And they follow what they say, rather than what God’s says - so the results are undelightful - nothing to share.  When you don’t obey, you don’t delight.  When you don’t obey – His Word doesn’t work.  Have you ever heard people say that... Well how would you know?  you can't just try it one time, you have to do it with all your heart.  The way you develop a deep seeded delight in His commands - comes only from a “burn the ships” kind of obedience.  I love the story of Alexander the Great – crossing the sea for a Military campaign, when his forces landed and came ashore – He gave the command to burn the ships.  There's no going back now - the only way home – is through these enemy armies.  That is a picture of I've inclined my heart to obey your Word.  Burning the ships is "not saying one word different" than what God says.  The only way you can possibly do that – is to stay soaked in His Word.  You can’t share statutes you don’t live by – everyone sees right thought it.  But when your "burn the ships" decision to obey – becomes a delight in His faithfulness – the statues that you delight in can become truth and light to others too!  Praying that PiVAT has you walking, PRISM has you understanding and your Daily Call has you overcoming - so you can delight in His commands and share the reason for His favor and blessing with others – and the love and the good that He has for them. 
 
Love you all,
dad