When I was a little boy, I loved the story of Peter Pan. The fact that he could fly was so amazing to me that one day I thought I’d give it a shot. After all, if Peter Pan could do it, I could too, right? Wrong. Unfortunately, happy thoughts weren’t enough, and neither was homemade pixie dust. So, after a pretty bad fall off the top of my bunk bed, I decided to leave the flying up to him.

That certainly wasn’t the last time bad reasoning led me to a bad fall in life, but since then I’ve learned a little bit about logic. I’ve found that every wrong thought, bad choice or immoral action can be combated by the good logic found in God’s word.

Psalm 107:20 says, “He sent out his word and healed them and delivered them from their destruction.”

God doesn’t pull any punches. He lays it out clearly: Good logic leads to a good life; bad logic to a bad life. Anywhere you find a person treasuring God’s Word, you’ll find a person protected by the truth and experiencing the purpose-filled life God designed us to live.

Deuteronomy 28 tells us exactly what’s ahead for those who choose to live according to God’s principles as well as those who choose to ignore it. It says those who follow God will have tremendous blessing, extreme favor and constant direction in their life.

However, Verse 15 shows the problems that arise from attitudes of disregard and disobedience. It says, “… if you do not obey the LORD your God and do not carefully follow all his commands and decrees I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you…”

The curses listed are ones you don’t want associated with your life-- poverty, sickness and loneliness. Aren’t you glad you glad they aren’t your only choice? God has something great prepared for those who commit to the process that keeps us on the path of good logic.

So what is this process? Well, it starts with reading God’s Word, but it doesn’t stop there. It transfers from a thought to an action—from a vision to a discipline. We find the perfect example of this process in the life of Jesus, and it’s this: Live the faith, teach the facts and live with force.

Jesus not only knew the principles found in the Bible, but he acted upon them by living them out and sharing their truth with others. Then, he lived with intent; He accepted God’s vision for his life as his own which created the passion and encouraged the discipline necessary to see those purposes fulfilled.

So, if you long to live a life full of God’s blessing and free from sin’s curse, look to God’s Word! His truth alone has everything you need to transform your life. We don’t have to be intimidated by the pain around us because we have the power of the One that’s in us!