Day 46 - Keep All My Decrees

Daily Reading:  Leviticus 20-23

Keep all my decrees and laws and follow them, so that the land where I am bringing you to live may not vomit you out. You must not live according to the customs of the nations I am going to drive out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred them.     Leviticus 20:22,23

Footnote:

God gave many rules to his people -- but not without reason. He did not withhold good from them; he only prohibited those acts that would bring them to ruin. All of us understand God's physical laws of nature. For example, jumping off a ten-story building means death because of the law of gravity. But some of us don't understand how God's spiritual laws work. God forbids us to do certain things because he wants to keep us from self-destruction. Next time you are drawn to a forbidden physical or emotional pleasure, remind yourself that its consequences might be suffering and separation from the God who is trying to help you.

23:1-4 Footnote:

God established several national holidays each year for celebration, fellowship, and worship. Much can be learned about people by observing the holidays they celebrate and the way they celebrate them. Take note of your holiday traditions. What do they say about your values?

Our traditional holiday season will be here soon!  This is a good challenge to think about the ways we celebrate and WHAT we celebrate.

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All footnotes taken from the Life Application Study Bible, NIV.