CHEAT CODE

Instead of thinking of God's Law as some odious list of dos and don'ts which must be observed to keep on the good side of an easily offended God, we'd be smart to think of the Law as a cheat code for reality.

When the Creator of the Universe lays out a book in front of you and says, "Do this", you would be wise to heed Him, right? After all, He's the One who invented the reality.

And - if you believe what He says in that book - then you have to admit that your own understanding is 1) pretty darn limited and 2) warped by sin and Satan. 

Marvin Gaye warned us long ago: "Believe half of what you see - and none of what you hear". (And Edgar Allan Poe wrote the same thing decades before Marvin sang it.)  Surely in this post-pandemic world we have learned that we can't rely on our eyes or our ears. 

And then there's confirmation bias, cognitive dissonance, and a host of logical fallacies to make our brains themselves completely unreliable. 

So how do you get in touch with deep reality? Do you "do your own research"? Where? On the internet?

As Joe Biden would say ... "C'mon, man!"

But right there on your phone, your bookshelf, and even on your hotel room night stand is God's word.

It's not meant to restrict you - it's meant to expand you. 

It's the cheat code and it's going to enable you to do things beyond your hope and imagination. 

In Deuteronomy Chapter 4, Moses tells the Israelites that the other nations are going to be jealous of them having God's Law:

5 See, I have taught you statutes and rules, as the LORD my God commanded me, that you should do them in the land that you are entering to take possession of it. 6 Keep them and do them, for that will be your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, who, when they hear all these statutes, will say, ‘Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.’

The other nations will see how Israel lives and think, "They must have a cheat code for reality".