Quotes about Directive

Moses also told the whole congregation of Israel, “This is what the LORD has commanded:

And at that time I commanded you all the things you were to do.

This is what you are to do: Devote to destruction every male, as well as every female who has had relations with a man.”

So they commanded the Benjamites: “Go, hide in the vineyards

I also decree that if any man interferes with this directive, a beam is to be torn from his house and raised up, and he is to be impaled on it. And his own house shall be made a pile of rubble for this offense.

For I give you sound teaching; do not abandon my directive.

“You must not marry or have sons or daughters in this place.”

You finally did it! I suppose so. Though I don't really know what 'it' is. It is life, sweetie. Rich, abundant, thrilling life! You've embraced it... What he did to you was evil. But it struck me the other day that if you turn evil around, you're actually left with a pretty clear directive: live. And that's exactly what you're doing. You going to live. Really live.

We don't want to merely obey God: we need to catch His heart. It is then we will glimpse the wisdom behind His directives, and not just see them as laws.

I think my idea of God was much more directive than my idea of God now, that is, a God who had one plan in mind for me, perhaps, and my job was to find out what it was and obey.