Walk In It

Oh, how the "law of the land" has changed!  This culture's rules-for-living have very little in common with those of yesteryear. Most of the best times of my childhood occurred when I was behaving -- obeying my parents ... walking according to their "law of the land."  In contrast, the not-so-happy times were when I did not!

 

Genuinely happy people share certain characteristics.  First, Godly principles govern their lives - they walk in the law of the Lord - "Blessed are those ... who walk in the law of the Lord." (Psalm 119:1).  They know the way to walk because they diligently study God's Word and they make God's Way their way.  His truths rule their thoughts, conversation, and behavior.  Because they know God's truths, they recognize Satan's lies so they’re not easily deceived and detoured. Remember how God  instructed Joshua to be "careful to do according to all the law ... do not turn from It to the right hand or to the left." (Joshua 1:7).  The world's advice to "follow your heart" is one of Satan's greatest lies: Scripture tells us the condition of the human heart: "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked" (Jeremiah 17:9). True happiness (blessedness) comes not from conversation about our faith but from how faith governs who we are in talk and action.  Blessed is he who hides God's law in his heart, meditates upon it, then determines to "do no wrong, but walk in His ways!" (Psalm 119:3).  The "law of the land" may change but God's Law never changes - happy is he who walks in It!