God's law is our pleasure when the God of the law is our God.
Interpretation
When we embrace God's law, it brings joy when we have a true relationship with God.
Charles Spurgeon's quote highlights the idea that the divine laws provided by God are not burdensome but rather a source of joy for those who truly understand and live in relationship with God. It suggests that the pleasure derived from following these laws is indicative of a deep spiritual connection and alignment with God's will, transforming what might seem like strict rules into guidelines for a fulfilling life.
In practice
In a sermon discussing the joys of faith, a pastor might use this quote to emphasize how divine guidance enhances life.
Amusement should be used to do us good “like a medicine”: it must never be used as the food of the man...Many have had all holy thoughts and gracious resolutions stamped out by perpetual trifling. Pleasure so called is the murderer of thought. This is the age of excessive amusement: everybody craves for it, like a babe for its rattle.
When you see no present advantage, walk by faith and not by sight. Do God the honor to trust Him when it comes to matters of loss for the sake of principle.
It is far easier to fight with sin in public than to pray against it in private.
You will never glory in God till first of all God has killed your glorying in yourself.
After faith comes repentance, or, rather, repentance is faith's twin brother and is born at the same time.
["All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant."] The original Hebrew word that has been translated "paths" means "well-worn roads' or "wheel tracks," such ruts as wagons make when they go down our green roads in wet weather and sink in up to the axles. God's ways are at times like heavy wagon tracks that cut deep into our souls, yet all of them are merciful.
In the world of the celebrity, the hierarchy of publicity has replaced the hierarchy of descent and even of great wealth.
One must live to build one's house, and not build one's house to live in.
It seems that fighting is a game where everybody is the loser.
At times we can be self-absorbed. Lord, help us to open our hearts to others and to serve those who are most vulnerable.
With the passage of time, as well as the social evolution and genetic exchange, we ended up putting our conscience in the color of our blood and the salt of our tears.
I do not approve the extermination of the enemy; the policy of exterminating or, as it is barbarously said, liquidating enemies, is one of the most alarming developments of modern war and peace, from the point of view of those who desire the survival
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