[Songs in the Night - April 27]
For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous. I John 5:3
WHO that has gratitude of heart to the Lord for
these blessings, who that is appreciative and thankful,
would not be indeed seeking to serve the Lord in truth
with all his heart!
Who that is of this attitude of mind
would fail to remember the Lord's Word and to seek
divine assistance in complying with its requirements,
remembering the statement, "If ye love me, keep my
commandments."
To such daily the commandments of
the Lord amplify, enlarge.
Daily he sees new forces,
new meanings in these commandments.
If he be
thankful, if he be appreciative of the Lord's providence
toward him in the past, the depths of meaning to God's
commands would not be grievous to him; but he will
still rejoice to go on day by day in sympathy with our
Lord's attitude, "I delight to do thy will, O my God;
thy law is written in my heart."
So it will be with us.
As the apostle says, we shall do his commandments,
and they will not be grievous unto us, and this will be
the evidence to us that we love God and that we are
loved of him, and being sealed, impressed more and
more by his Spirit, the spirit of truth. Z'08-203 R4201:5 (Hymn 225)