Saturday 23 Feb 2013

Saturday Reading: Leviticus 19:13-16

Key Verse: Leviticus 19:14
14  Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD.

Devotion:
God has been God from the beginning and from the beginning His law has been the same and will remain the same forever because God Himself will not change. So when we look at the law, the scriptures, we need to look at both the Old Testament and the New Testament to make sure that we do understand God’s Word to the fullest degree.

I do like these verses in the book of Leviticus because they give us direction and remind us that God is Lord at the same time; reminding us that these laws are written this way because God is God and that we need to remember that at all times. Why would Jesus remind us of these same laws when He taught amongst man unless He also knew just how important they are to remember? God continues to make sure that His Word is heard in the appropriate way for the people at the time that they hear that Word and He continues to try to explain His Word to all who are willing to listen.

I have always had a problem with listening to instruction because I always try to figure out what is best and try to do that rather than follow instruction at times. That has landed me in trouble, not just with man, but with God as well. We do need to remember just who it is that is giving us these instructions. This is God!

So when God starts talking to us, we need to stop and listen. When we read our bibles we need to stop whatever else we are doing so that we can listen to what God wants us to hear. When we sit down to go through God’s Word we should be doing it in a manner that will help us to listen and to remember and not to just do it because we need to read through the bible in a year or whatever other plan we have. If we don’t get it the first time we should go through it again. If we still struggle then we should be asking someone to help us to understand. This is God. This is His Word. We do need to listen!

God wants us to continue living our lives for Him and that means including others in all that we do, not turning our backs on people because we don’t like the look of them, not excluding others because they are different, but including as many people as we can at all times.

Points to Ponder:
Do you actually listen to others?

How well do you listen to God?