"Judged"

"But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare My statutes, or that thou shouldest take My covenant in thy mouth? seeing that thou hatest instruction and casteth My words behind thee." (Psalms 50:16-17) Anyone that takes the time to figure out what it means to keep the "sabbath", it is not about what you do or don't do, but the attitude of your heart; just as it is when we worship God in anything that we do, it requires a heart that loves God for who He is, and for what He has done, and for His protection; which by the way means that we also love His "instruction". Don't think for a moment that God does not see the real you, because He does; He sees every thought that creeps into the very deepest parts of who we are, and there is nothing that is hidden from Him. "The wicked" that God is referring to here are not those that reject Him and say that they do not believe in Him; they are those that sit in seats of teaching and proclaiming Him as God, yet refuse to adhere to those things which they proclaim. And don't think that this is something that cannot be about you, because we all can easily fall into the trap of thinking that His instruction does not apply in our own lives. Actually, sometimes the more that you know about what you are meant to do, the more likely you are not to do it; as crazy as that might sound, if our heart is not right, we can really deceive ourselves into thinking that knowledge is the same as obedience. The five words, "casteth My words behind thee", pretty much give a really good illustration of what I am talking about; it is kind of like what I shared yesterday about not being able to bottle up what God does when He delivers me from my depression: I can not use that experience as the routine way to get through another day, because that was for then, and a new day requires a new experience. I think the 'manna' in the wilderness is a really good example of that, because they needed to go out every day, except the day before the sabbath, and get new manna; if they tried to get more than they needed for another day, then it was rotten the next day and could not be used; and if they did not get extra the day before the sabbath, they would go out on the sabbath, but found no manna. The point being, is that we must love His instruction, because when we love it we will obey it; and His word is always new to us and cannot be placed behind us as if it were knowledge gathered, because His word is alive and cannot be stored up. God's word must not be used as if it is information gathered, as if we are learning the techniques of spiritual living, or memorizing the owners manual of life; because people that treat it as such will just be gathering information, and will lose out on the instruction part all together, thinking that they have already been instructed, yet instruction comes through living out His word, day in and day out, day by day... "Thou are wearied in the greatness of thy way; yet saidest thou not, There is no hope: thou hast found the life of thine hand; therefore thou wast not grieved. And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered Me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not I held My peace even of old, and thou fearest Me not? I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee. When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind shall carry them all away; vanity shall take them: but he that putteth his trust in Me shall possess the land, and shall inherit My holy mountain." (Isaiah 57:10-13)