I think the quote below is a good PS to what I shared in my last post. Do you know many people who feel and act this way?
This is an excerpt from a word by the late David Wilkerson:
The law is not intended for the person whose obedience springs out of a desire to please God. He is not concerned about what is legal or illegal, what is permitted or forbidden. He has only one criterion: “What does my Lord desire?”
You can lay out all the law before him — all the rules, regulations and prohibitions — and he will say, “You don’t have to tell me not to do those things. I wouldn’t do anything to hurt my Father. I love Him! I’ve already forsaken the world and its lusts to go after Him whom my heart desires.
“Show me what He wants, not just what He forbids. I want His heart’s desire to become my actions. I want to know His mind and obey it. Sure, I love His law. But that’s for the lawless, for those who haven’t come into a knowledge of intimacy with Christ. I have another law at work in my heart. It’s the law of love, one that says, ‘Lord, what can I do to please You today?'”
Such a person isn’t moved by threats of hellfire, or even by rewards. He needs no prophet to shake him, no warnings of judgment. He is in love with Jesus and his obedience to God’s Word is a natural outgrowth of this love. It is as natural to him as breathing.
I want to be the person he describes. Is that your heart’s desire too?
