“As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love. If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love.”
October 6, 2023
The word keep was used by sailors in ancient times when they didn’t have GPS like we have. A sailor at nighttime would look up and steer by the stars. They called that “keeping the stars.” He would set his course by keeping the stars.
Christians set our course in life by keeping the commandments. You treasure those commandments, and you steer by those commandments. That doesn’t mean you never get blown off course. That doesn’t mean in a time of carelessness you may not take your eyes from the stars. But if you have no desire to live by the Word of God, or you can sin carelessly, flippantly, without any conviction, then you need to get saved.
Are you steering by God’s stars? Do you treasure God’s Word? Are you keeping God’s commandments? We are not saved by keeping the commandments, we are saved by Jesus, and the Holy Spirit equips us to follow God’s commandments as we follow Him.
Ask a trusted Christian brother or sister to share insights he or she has about treasuring God’s Word each day.
Learn to walk with Jesus moment by moment each day.
The 365 daily readings in this devotional were developed directly from the sound biblical teaching of Pastor Adrian Rogers. His way of simply stating the truth of Jesus Christ is unparalleled. Page after page you’ll get something new to think about and to talk to God about in your moments with Him.