Sifted (Part 8)

Sifted (Part 8)

God's Word is the authority in your life. 

Two basic types of law govern this world, which are natural laws and spiritual laws. An example of the natural laws that govern our physical world is the law of gravity. This law declares that “what goes up, must come down.”  You can say you don’t believe in that law, but not believing doesn’t change the law. The law of gravity exists, regardless of your attitude toward it. 

To prove that you do not believe in the law of gravity, you might climb to the top of a tall building and jump off.  No matter how much you disavow the law of gravity, there is going to be a bloody mess where you land.  Your broken body proves the law of gravity is true. Not believing the law did not nullify it. 

The same holds true for the spiritual laws of God.  You can say, “I don’t believe in God. I don’t believe in His laws, especially the law against sin.” But, like natural laws, these laws are reality. Their existence does not depend upon you accepting or rejecting them. All you have to do to prove their existence is to violate these laws. Break them, and as surely as night follows day, there will be a price to pay.  Sin always brings consequences.

Once you accept Christ’s death as the atonement for your past sin, you must accept God’s Word as the supreme authority in your life.  The laws of God written in His Word are designed to provide parameters within which you can live a happy, healthy, fulfilled life.  They are the precepts that will give you power over all the deception of the enemy.  They are the guidelines that will direct you to your divine destiny, the purpose for which God created and predestined you. 

Accept God's Word for what it says.  Do not try to get around the rules, look for loopholes, or ignore its truths.  Accept the Word of God as the spiritual mandate for your life.  It is the divine manifesto that will guide you to your destiny and stop you from being sifted by the whims of the devil. You are a King's Kid; isn't it time you start believing that?