September 29, 2024
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Reading along with us in Leviticus and Philippians? Here’s today’s reading:
Leviticus 26 (NIV)
Reward for Obedience
1“ ‘Do not make idols or set up an image or a sacred stone for yourselves, and do not place a carved stone in your land to bow down before it. I am the Lord your God.
2“ ‘Observe my Sabbaths and have reverence for my sanctuary. I am the Lord.……Continue Reading
Leviticus 26
Leviticus 26
So God makes clear how He will respond to the Israelites’ obedience and disobedience. How could they not be convinced by these things to be fully committed to God and His standards. How amazing and miraculous the blessings are and how harmful and dire are the consequences for disobedience! And God makes clear that He will ramp up the consequences of their rejection of Him making clear the opportunities they would have to be woken up to their disobedience and then choose to obey. And yet it is so much like our God to offer forgiveness and restoration at any point that they confess and repent. For certainly that was the point that He brought the trouble in the first place. God does similar things in the believers life as well. May we take note, and obey!
What bliss and assurance’s walking in Gods commands affords, and what horrible consequences when pursuing iniquity. Even after all the “natural” (7-fold) consequences, God keeps his covenant.