Love for God will cause you to live for God.

爱上帝就会为祂而活。

I command you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him.

Deuteronomy 30:16

我今日吩咐你……爱耶和华你的上帝，行祂的道路。-申命记30章16节，新译本

A journalist had a quirky habit of not using blue pens. So when his colleague asked him if he needed anything from the store, he asked for some pens. “But not blue pens,” he said. “I don’t want blue pens. I don’t like blue. Blue is too heavy. So please purchase 12 ballpoint pens for me—anything but blue!” The next day his colleague passed him the pens—and they were all blue. When asked to explain, he said, “You kept saying ‘blue, blue.’ That’s the word that left the deepest impression!” The journalist’s use of repetition had an effect, but not the one he desired.

某位记者有个怪癖，就是绝不使用蓝笔。有一次，同事要去买东西，问他是否需要买点什么，他就请同事帮忙买一些笔。「但是不要蓝笔！」他说，「我不要蓝色的笔。我不喜欢蓝色。蓝色太沉重了。所以请帮我买一打原子笔，什么颜色都好，就是不要蓝色！」结果隔天同事拿了一打原子笔给他，全都是蓝色的。一经询问，同事尴尬地说：「你一直说『蓝色、蓝色』，结果我要买笔的时候，就只想到蓝色啦！」这位记者的再三吩咐的确产生了效果，但却是与他所想要的相反。

Moses, the lawgiver of Israel, also used repetition in his requests to his people. More than 30 times he urged his people to remain true to the law of their God. Yet the result was the opposite of what he asked for. He told them that obedience would lead them to life and prosperity, but disobedience would lead to destruction (Deut. 30:15-18).

摩西是以色列的律法颁布者，他也再三吩咐百姓遵守诫命。他劝告百姓持守上帝律法的次数就超过三十次。摩西谆谆告诫百姓，顺服会带来生命和昌盛，而悖逆则会招致灭亡（申命记30章15-18节），可惜百姓的行为却与摩西的期待恰恰相反。

When we love God, we want to walk in His ways not because we fear the consequences but because it is our joy to please the One we love. That’s a good word to remember.

如果我们爱上帝，自然就会想要遵行祂的话语，并不是因为害怕若不照做就会有可怕的后果，而是因为我们爱祂，要讨祂的喜悦。愿我们时时谨记并彼此勉励。

Dear Lord, as we read Your inspired story, may Your Spirit be our teacher. Help us to walk the path of obedience as we hear the voice of Your heart.

亲爱的主啊，

当我们从祢的话语得着教导和训诫，
愿圣灵亲自成为我们的导师。求祢帮助我们，
当我们听见祢的声音时，能走在顺服的道路上。