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"You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you…" Matthew 5:43-44
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The first five books of the Bible have been recognized as the books of the Law where God’s people were given extensive instructions on how they were to approach God. However, in the middle of all these instructions the grace of God is never far away and shows He is always looking for willing hearts. So often we put burdens and guilt trips on people to conform to what we see as the ‘law of God’ however God is looking for willing hearts. As Romans 12:1 says, ‘I therefore urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercies, to offer your bodies as living (and willing) sacrifices that are holy and pleasing to God, for this is the reasonable way for you to worship.’ Is our service to God driven by duty or from a willing or generous heart in response to all he has done for us?
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God directs us in various ways. He knows us through and through and understands how we think. Sometimes we need to be directed with a big stick and sometimes with a ‘carrot’. Sometimes there is the need to motivate us and direct us very forcefully. In Moses’ case the fear of death was a great motivator to get him to move to where he would meet his wife and father-in-law, Jethro. For many of us our first experience with God was through some crisis or painful experience which totally changes our direction and mission in life.
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