Lord, we
are called to fear You - and to love You. We tend to think that fear
and love are opposites. You teach us something else, something very
different. Fear and love belong together. You are the holy God, the God
who cannot look upon our sin (Habakkuk 1:13). We fear You. You show us
our sin so that we might be brought to Jesus, our Saviour. We come to
Jesus. We learn how much You love us - and we begin to love You.
Lord, help us never to think, “We are blessed because we are obedient.” Help us always to say, “We are blessed because You love us and Jesus died for us.” Your love for us, Jesus’ death for us: This is where the blessing comes from – and it’s where our obedience comes from! We think of Your great love for us. We think of Jesus, crucified for us. We say, “Lord, You love me. Help me to love You.” We say, “Jesus, You died for me. Help me to live for You.” This is how Your blessing comes to us – You show us how much You love us, You put Your love into our hearts, the obedience grows stronger – and so does the blessing!
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