Living The Christian Life Of ObedienceSample

One pastor had a stone on his table with the inscription ‘First Stone.’ Whenever someone speaks about anyone who is not present in the room, he shows this stone and says: “One who is without sin should cast the First Stone.” Actually, the discussion ends there. This is a good way of remembering a percept from the Scripture.

Passage
Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. (Deut 11:18)

Principles
The Word of God should be in the mind so that our minds are renewed (Romans 12:1-2). Generally, our minds are saturated with the worldly wisdom as taught by modern culture, media, peers, traditions, and other belief systems. This worldly wisdom has to be ‘unlearned,’ and Godly wisdom from the Scripture has to be filled in the mind.

It should not be a dry intellectual exercise, but passionate pursuit. Hence, it is written the words should be fixed in the hearts also. That is not enough. It has to be communicated to the future generation which begins by teaching our own children.

Practice
Reading the Word of God daily should be a habit of every Christian. The truths learnt in the Scripture should be fixed in our minds and hearts displacing worldly wisdom. The Scripture should become our Moral reference point; basis for our decisions; foundation for our life.

Plan of Action
What did I ‘unlearn’ in the past one week and what did I learn during the same period?