For Our Good

I was reading the other day in Deuteronomy 6. Here God is speaking to the Children of Israel through Moses concerning His Commandments. One of the statements that stood out to me was the phrase in verses 3 and 18 – “that it may be well with thee”, and the phrase in verse 24, “for our good always.”

What God commands us to do is for our good – always! As someone has said, God tells us “don’t” so we won’t hurt ourselves!

So often we have in mind that God’s way is the hard way, the unpleasant way. We think that God is a killjoy, not wanting us to have any fun or enjoyment. But the opposite is true – He wants us to have “fulness of joy” (Psalm 16:11), true contentment (I Timothy 6:6), peace (Philippians 4:7, 9) and enjoyment (I Timothy 6:17).

Yes, sin appears to be glamorous, fun, exciting and satisfying. But it is not – it is deceptive and destructive. It has temporary pleasure, but long-term consequences (Hebrews 11:25; Romans 6:23; James 1:14-15).

As has been said, “You may choose your sin, but you cannot choose your consequences of that sin.”

God’s way is always best. He made us and understands us better than we can understand ourselves. Therefore, it is for our eternal good to believe and follow His ways.

God bless!