Deut. 4:1-2,5-9; Psalm 78:1-6; Matt. 5:17-19
Just do it. Before it was a marketing slogan, it was truth. Hearing about commandments does nothing. Obeying, complying out of fear, does not really get us where God wants us to be. Whole-hearted devotion, doing justice and loving mercy, will get us where we want to go.
Jesus comes to fulfill the law, not by intensifying the specifics of the law, but by going to their spirit and heart. When we really turn, we naturally live in the spirit that the law invites us to. We know the joy of life in the Spirit, even as we accept the demands placed on us.
Paul used the image of athletic training to describe the Christian life, and the same principles apply to spiritual exercise and physical. We don’t gain the benefits from watching others do it, or judging how well they do it, or ignoring our bodies or souls. We train because the reward is great, here in this life of the eternal now.
Just do it. Do justice, love mercy.
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