Psalm 50:23
He who offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving honors Me;
And to him who orders his way aright
I shall show the salvation of God.
Ways do not order themselves. They can be disordered or disheveled. They can either have no order imposed upon them or the wrong order. Unless one intentionally orders their way according to Christ and His commands, it will be chaotic.
2 Chronicles 27:6
So Jotham became mighty, because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God.
God requires rightly ordered affections, or ordo amoris as Augustine put it. Our priorities must be prioritized. We must love some things more than others. We must love some things differently than others.
Colossians 3:5
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry.
The salvation of the Lord belongs to those who impose order on their affections. This requires fanning into flame those which we know to be lagging behind and hamstringing those you know to be running out ahead.
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