Killing the Law

"I fought the law and... the law won".

I'm going to start a little differently today, principally because there's a great link you need to check out before we go any further, so come back after you've taken a look at Mr Walker's piece.

All done?

OK, so what I wanted you to glean was how what we deem to be 'spiritual' or just plain right can actually become Law to us, and law multiplied, and that really isn't going to do us any real good.

We have this inner propensity to bend away from unmerited mercy, because we (and by that, I mean that 'natural' (fallen) you and I) keep de-faulting to the notion that in the right time, in the right place, under the right conditions, we can actually achieve what's required in both our thinking and our deeds. At moments like that, we don't want to hear those statements which say that even our righteous (good) enterprises are equivalent to used rags when set against true goodness and eternal uprightness.

We're living at a time when most of us are being defined and often judged by how we match up to a set of social externals that measure just how 'good' we are in respect of not 'harming' others by what we don't or do perform publicly, and, perhaps, even what we think, expressed in our words or attitudes. It's a breeding ground for 'little things' morality, especially if it's accompanied by being on message about various other social issues that we're constantly being told need to be remedied, but it all amounts to little more than a security blanket to bolster our pride and self-righteousness instead of exposing us to the much deeper requirements of life primarily wrapped in mercy and expressed in forgiveness.

We can only be free when we are held by grace and thriving in the liberty and freedom that brings.

Let's hope that becomes evident as we approach this Christmas and the vital joy this exclusive gift and splendour brings to our troubled world.