Why? Day 6

Why do you do what you do? In your personal relationship with Christ or in your public worship in the church, you need to know why you do what you do. If you were to define your Christian life, how would you do it? Would you define it by what you do or by stating what you believe? In the Bible, James shows that you must do both.

James 2:20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

To define the faith side I would like to show that our faith is in the absolute truths of God’s Word. For the discussion, we will use the term “principle” for what we believe by faith - the absolute truths of God’s Word. We will use the term “practical” to define what we do - our works. This year, I am planning a daily blog to address the absolute truths in God’s Word and ways we can work to apply those truths. Our day needs to be filled with Biblical principles and practical actions that do not violate these principles. What I have found over a number of years of ministry is that people do not know why they do what they do, neither do they know why they believe what they believe. I hope this exercise will help provoke thought. 

Day 6

Biblical Principle - Absolute truth from God’s Word:

Living life on ones own ability without consideration of God is wicked. In Noah’s day people were living their daily lives using their own abilities not thinking of God. Yes, this led to evil living and things we would consider as wicked. The wickedness was doing normal daily things such as in Sodom. The destruction came to Sodom because there were not ten righteous people. In Noah’s day, God saved the eight righteous people from a world that forgot God.

Genesis 6:5 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Luke 17:26-29 And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. 27 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. 28 Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; 29 But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.

Practical - Works that apply Biblical Principle:

This section is for you to find a way to apply the truth in your life. I will try to give only one as example; there may be other practical ways. This is what makes the Christian walk so important and makes it important to have a deliberate purpose in everything we do.

Waking up in the morning and eating breakfast to begin the day is a simple task. The practical is to stop and thank the Lord for another day to serve Him and to thank Him for the provision of food. Have you ever wondered why people prayed before meals? Perhaps it is to accomplish a practical way to apply the principle of not living life without God. It brought destruction to the entire world when people forgot to do the simple.

Why do you pray before meals?