When we live the way God intends for us, to live in this sin-dominated world, we experience what the world longs for but never achieves. We experience peace. We experience what it’s like to know we are made right with God. We are blessed with many descendants (good families). Life isn’t easy, but living God’s way certainly makes it more rewarding and more enjoyable than the alternative. Without God, there is no peace.
17 This is what the Lord says–your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:“I am the Lord your God,who teaches you what is good for youand leads you along the paths you should follow.18 Oh, that you had listened to My commands!Then you would have had peace flowing like a gentle riverand righteousness rolling over you like waves in the sea.19 Your descendants would have been like the sands along the seashore–too many to count!There would have been no need for your destruction,or for cutting off your family name.” 20 Yet even now, be free from your captivity!Leave Babylon and the Babylonians.Sing out this message!Shout it to the ends of the earth!The Lord has redeemed His servants,the people of Israel.21 They were not thirstywhen He led them through the desert.He divided the rock,and water gushed out for them to drink.22 “But there is no peace for the wicked,”says the Lord.
Isaiah 48:17-22
10 Fear of the Lord is the foundation of true wisdom. All who obey His commandments will grow in wisdom. Praise Him forever!
Psalms 111:10
An Ordinary Man's Pursuit of the Extraordinary God of the Bible. These are daily insights from reading the Bible from cover to cover yearly. It is intended to point others to the Truth, and inspire people to pursue the God of the Bible individually.
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