Reading: Romans 8:
4
“So that the just requirement of the law might be fulfilled
in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.”
Fulfillment. Decision. Choice. Hesitate. Why?
The requirement has been fulfilled—a done deal—whether we
participate or not. Grace still waits for our willingness to commit. No
coercion. No forced action.
The door is open and the good news is cried out to all who
will hear. And yet we often linger, wait a bit longer to choose whether to
accept, to enter into a new relationship that will upend our lives forever.
Still in shock at the magnitude of love? Still trying to
absorb a gift that cannot be grasped and managed into our self-control? Still
clinging to the possibility that we can be fixed by our own determination?
So we hesitate at the gate. Wondering. Hoping. Waiting for
courage to accept.
Maybe we take the first few steps thinking we can do both.
Listen to wisdom prompts but then adjust them to our personal style—still be in
charge. Limited by the power we can recognize. We try to hide pieces of our
hearts, just in case this new relationship fails.
Except then we are still not walking in fellowship freedom
because we know not to fully trust ourselves and we don’t know how to trust the
unknown path before us.
A daily crossroad. A daily decision. A daily opportunity. Walk
in the Spirit.
Lord, show us how to listen and to trust where Your Spirit
leads.
Psalm of Worship: Proverbs 8:3
“Beside the gates in front of the town, at the entrance of
the portals she cries out.”
