This week we are going to look at the commands of God through the lens of God showing us how much He loves us. Sometimes we think of the Law simply as a set of restrictions, but how these things actually make us free.
Read Psalm 119:44-45 and journal your thoughts
Have you ever heard of an un-written rule? It’s one of those things that you’re not supposed to do but no one ever really says you’re not supposed to do it. For example, in baseball you’re not supposed to bunt to try to break up a no-hitter. But how many people actually know that? Every now and then you’ll find a random article on the internet about how some rookie broke that rule and had no idea.
Whenever I come across a verse that talks about how we have freedom in the commands of God, I think about un-written rules. We know exactly what is expected of us and exactly where we stand with God. In that knowing we have freedom.
Sometimes it’s hard to look at something like God’s law in the book of Leviticus and think of freedom. But in ancient times and cultures people believed in many gods, and that these gods were responsible for the things that happened in the world around them. From the produce in the fields to the welfare of their family and everything in between, these people believed they were dependent on these gods and so had to stay in good favor with these gods. Here was the problem, how do you know if you are not in good favor with the gods? Bad things happen in your village, what if it’s your fault because maybe you did something to your neighbor? In order to fix this you make an offering to the gods, but how do you know whether it was enough? How do you know if your offering was accepted? Could you imagine the guilt? This is not freedom. This is why the Law was so radical (for its time), because you could know exactly where you stand with God.
Today pray that God would help you see and understand the freedom we have because of His Law
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