January 3
Many fathers have recently concluded the task of assembling Christmas gifts for their children. Ask any of them about the experience. Unless they are professional rocket scientists, they found the task daunting. After the initial unpacking of the necessary pieces and the assuring that all components were present, there came the formidable job of putting the item together—then praying it would actually work!
The time-consuming endeavor became worth the careful following of every step, worth every moment spent, when the child’s delight illumined his whole being on Christmas morning. The child’s exuberant appreciation—even if it was directed to Santa—gave his father incomparable joy.
Our Heavenly Father longs to share with His fallen creation the blessings of eternity that have been purchased with the shed blood of Jesus. To that end, He has given us an instruction manual that carefully unfolds His directions for attaining the good things a life lived in Christ will afford to us as well as the unimaginable things He has prepared for our eternal enjoyment.
As stated by the half-brother of our Lord in James 1:25, “The man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has seen and heard but doing it—he will be blessed in whatever he does.” When we look into the perfect law of God, when we are mindful of it in every area of life, the application of the law, like the following of directions, leads to success! To happiness! To incomparable joy!
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