Saturday, August 1st. Today's cherished Nugget from guest blogger Pastor Bill.

People sometimes dismiss the importance of hearing God by saying that if we just do everything God commanded, we are doing God’s will. But we could do all that God explicitly commands and still not be the person God would have us be.

An obsession with merely doing all God commands may be the very thing that rules out being the kind of person that he calls us to be. The operative word of the worthy servant is not "mere" obedience but love, from which appropriate obedience naturally flows.

"For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven."
(Matthew 5:20)

"God, Let my love for You show forth to others.
Amen."

Give Him Glory, Honor, and praise.