"Giddy Up!"

"Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee." (Psalms 32:9) I am sure you have already made the title of this post out to be the command given to a horse, as if you are commanding the horse to go, or to go faster; and that is very understandable; however, this can also be an expression of agreement, as in, "You betcha!". To be perfectly honest, I tend to be more like the horse or the mule when it comes to doing what I am meant to be doing, more times than not. There are two ways in which we are governed by God, and for most of us, our lives are governed both ways, depending on the circumstances and the motivations of our hearts, and as it our agreement with what God is asking us to do. The way of the bit and bridle, although it is useful to lead a horse or a mule, the primary reason that it is needed, is because they cannot reason out the commands of their rider; which basically means, you can not tell your horse, We will be turning left up ahead at that next opening in the pathway. If you try telling your horse or mule what to do by verbal instruction such as that, more times than not, you going to go where the horse or mule wants to go, and not where you want them to take you. The other way is that of reason, whereas, you reason within yourself as to what the Lord is asking you to do, or you understand what it is that He expects of you, and then you agreeably do that which He is instructing you in. Otherwise, you are like the horse or the mule, and God will still get you where He wants you to go, you just might not enjoy the journey as much as you would by using reason; reason being, your fighting the Lord by wanting to go your own way, and having no understanding or reason as to what God's way is meant to do for your life, God must force you into obedience. Again, it's really not that hard to understand the whole concept of God's grace, especially if you are motivated by the desire to be smothered  in His grace; whereas, you can't get enough, and every precept of His word becomes applications for our lives; knowing that His word is all about Him loving us, and instructing us in those things that will enrich our love for Him. Then, and only then, when asked by God, Would thou be made whole? your answer is in the affirmative: GIDDY UP!!!
"Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of the beast. And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the LORD. In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge. But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge. Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers, in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which My covenant they brake, although I was a husband unto them, saith the LORD: but this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put My law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be My people. And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know Me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sins no more." (Jeremiah 31:27-34)