“So the Lord commanded us to observe all theses statutes, to fear the Lord our God for our good always and for our survival, as it is today.”
Deuteronomy 6:24
 
How comforting this is today in a world that is in such chaos!  The commands of the Lord are for ‘our good and our survival’.  How can we live in this present day without His Word -- His Christ? Without Christ is to exit.  With Him is life, and that abundantly and full of glory.
 
The key is obedience:
“…what does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear (reverence) the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways and love Him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.”  Deuteronomy 10:12
(This word was to the Israelites,and is for Believers today.)
 
Obedience secures entrance into God’s kingdom,
“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven.”  Matthew 7:21
 
Obedience brings blessings,
“But one who looks intently at the perfect law, the law of liberty, and abides by it, not having become a forgetful hearer but an effectual does, this man shall be blessed in what he does.”  
James 1:25  
 
In His farewell discourse to His disciples, Jesus says,
“…I do as the Father has commanded Me, so that the world may know (be convinced) that I love the Father and that I do only what the Father has instructed Me to do. [I act in full agreement with His orders.]…”  John 14:31  The Amplified  Bible 
 
To be obedient we must KNOW the Lord, know His will and have an intimate personal relationship with Him; we can’t just know about Him.  It takes surrendering (giving freely) all to Jesus. ‘to let Him touch our lives, to set our hearts afire, to know that all that comes our way’ is from God’s hand to accomplish His purpose in the life of each sanctified (set apart) one.
 
And who are these?  The Apostle Paul’s letter to the Corinthians makes it clear,
“…to those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, saints by calling with all who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ…”  
1 Corinthians 1:2
 
We are set apart from all else -- we are in this world, BUT not of it!  As our opening Scripture says,
“So the Lord commanded us to observe all these statutes, to fear the Lord our God for our good always and for our survival, as it is today.”
 
All praise, honor and glory to You most holy gracious Lord God Almighty.  With grateful hearts yielded to You, we say thank you.  
 
So we sing:
“To bless Your heart, Lord God is our desire,
To let You touch our lives and set our heats afire.
To see Your hand of love in all that comes our way
To learn to hear Your voice each moment of the day.”
Amen