Hey everyone I was thinking about this (below) today: and the Lord spoke to me in a fashion. I thought I would share it with you all.

John 10:27-28 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any [man] pluck them out of my hand.

and I was thinking, what does it mean to obey God? Going back to our Romans bible study had me kicking around different ideas. If following the Law is adultery... then what is obedience to God?

So of course the Lord does not leave you in questioning in a vacuum of thought.

Mic 6:8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what [is] good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? - this was a sermon point this morning at my church.

to do justice: one of the commands John the Baptist gave soldiers!
to love mercy: wow, to be excited about it even. Do we not all need mercy?
to walk humbly with God: pride goes with my uniform, sometimes I have a sincere need to be RIGHT about stuff. The Lord has been convicting me of pridefulness of late. We should always enter into discourse with the aim of building relationships. In other words only battle if need be...

Mar 12:30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this [is] the first commandment. And the second [is] like, [namely] this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

The above is on my calendar this month, and it is a blessing to dwell on it.

So of course I had to ponder, why am I so angry at my psychology classes this week? Because there is a humanist doctrine that teaches people in ways against the word of the Lord. The cult of SELF is a poison to the soul.

Mar 8:34 And when he had called the people [unto him] with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

I am trying to listen, and I am learning.