Psalm 119:93 (NIV)
93 I will never forget your precepts,
for by them you have preserved my life.
for by them you have preserved my life.
Much like the rules parents have for young children — don't
drink what's under the cabinet, don't play in the street, don't walk out from
behind parked cars... — God's guidance is not to restrict us, but to protect
us. His commands, both positive and prohibitive, are for our protection and
perfection. By them we find life and have it preserved. (The Old Testament Law
had all sorts of cleanliness laws that did not make any sense at all until
thousands of years after they were written when we began to understand bacteria
and viruses. All through these years, the Israelites were preserved by God's
command when they had no real understanding why God had given the laws in the
first place.)
Thought for today:
Do I follow the rules?
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