February 10
Read: Psalm 119:97-104
“These are the commandments, which the Lord commanded Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai.” – Leviticus 27:34
This verse marks the end of the book of Leviticus. Finishing a reading of the law, I was so awed I had to stop for a moment and just consider how great is the God who would give such a law to His people 1500 years before Christ. I confess to having sometimes just breezed through the book, not really hearing what God was saying. But this was a different matter. Even the laws on property and servanthood (slavery), completely foreign to western culture, are so just and so right and so perfect. Every piece, every single commandment, is clearly sacred.
My thinking has simply aligned with that of David and Paul. In Romans 7:12, the apostle Paul, even as he was expounding the inadequacy of the law for salvation, states unequivocally that “the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just and good.” Used for its purpose, to convict sinners of their sin, the law is unassailable and untouchable. David the King also marveled at the law, writing Psalm after Psalm attesting to its power and beauty and truth. In Psalm 119:97 he cries out, “Oh, how love I thy law! It is my meditation all the day.”
Writing about the law God gave to Moses, David and Paul could not help but admire, yeah, even love the word of God. Christian friend, the law came by Moses, by grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. In His name, we have been given the new covenant, the 27 incredible books of the New Testament. What Moses and the law foreshadowed, Christ fulfilled, and the story of that fulfillment and the future of the bride is a story so compelling it is the best selling book of all time.
Now, take a moment and consider your own attitude towards the Word of God. Do you see it as holy, and just, and good? Can you say with all your heart, “Oh, how I love thy law! It is my meditation all the day”?
Just a servant,
Bro. Tom
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