Morning musings and random thoughts . . .

FATHER, thinking this morning about obedience, the law – morally and ritually – Old and New, one and the same, mysteries revealed – being “in Christ”.  What does obedience look like to You, how do You define it? Shadows and types of things to come. To do the will of Him who sent me. Obedience is not the “cause” of our salvation but the “result” of it and should flow from our new lives hidden in You before the foundations of this world.  Confess with your mouth and believe with your heart – and you shall be saved.  Trust and obey – these are so closely connected as to be the sides of the same coin.  I think the problem comes when we start trying to emphasize one over the other as necessary for, when both are the result of – Your grace freely given to those who call upon Your name.

Your Holy Spirit, set as a seal upon our hearts, indwelling us, abiding in us so that we can abide in You – to know and to be known by You, one by one, each individually and uniquely belonging to You – one of many, a part of the whole, Your body. What a marvelous mystery.