give me understanding to learn Your commands.
Psalms 119:73 NIV
We Christians can truly say that God’s hands made us and formed us because, after we are born again, we become new creations. Just as a skilled potter plops down a blob of clay and uses his hands to mold and form that lifeless clay into a beautiful, useful container, our God takes our lifeless existence and molds and forms us into beautiful and useful beings.
We are so beautiful to God that He adopts us into His Family and we become His sons. Galatians 3:26. Beauty is sometimes defined as something that is pleasing to the beholder. Although we as born again beings may not be beautiful in a physical sense, we are in a spiritual sense. Hebrews tells us in 11:6 that it is impossible to please God without faith. Conversely then, He is pleased when we believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him, it goes on to say in 11:6.
Yes, when we believe, confess and repent, we become God’s child. As with any newborn, we must grow in stature, learn and mature. We, as the Psalmist says, must seek understanding before we are even able to learn his commands. The implication is that gaining understanding is part of the making and forming process. The more mature we become the more we realize that God’s commands are not just do’s and do not’s established to keep score as to how good or bad we've been. Rather, they are like "guard rails and road signs" that were given to assist us in our travels along life's highways and byways.
Father, keep us focused on our ultimate destination by increasing our understanding and helping us to learn Your command that we are to love You with all our being and to love our neighbors and brothers as ourselves. Amen and So Be It.
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