Reading: Exodus 19:1-20:20
Event: Giving the Torah at Sinai
Symbol: Tablets of the Torah
Ah, rules. What would we do without them?
Picture for a moment, the world without the most common rules...
Parents would have no say in how their children were raised because respect for them would not be taught.
Oh wait. That happens.
People would place monetary objects of positions of power over the honor due to the One True God.
Um... yeah, I've seen that recently.
But who would ever forget to take one day of rest and spend that time with the Lord?
Or why would we desire things that don't belong to us and not care for the things that do?
Yikes. Those things happen too!
So what are we up to? God gave us ten simple rules to follow; ten commandments that we must follow in order to please Him, the father of all, whom we should respect above all else.
Quick bible quiz:
What happened to the Israelites when they didn't do as God commanded? (Don't forget, this is after God worked some awesome miracles on their behalf to free them from Egypt!)
The Jews called themselves "God's people", but how often did they wander away from God's laws? And how were disciplined for their "misbehavior"?
I see many things in our society and in our world that spit in the face of God. We may not participate, but are we just as guilty if we don't stand up and say something? Won't that opportunity be lost soon if we don't use our freedom of speech while we still have it?
I pray for all the people who have forgotten Your laws, Lord. Please work on their hearts, to soften them to you and harden their hearts to the distractions of this world. For only when our eyes on You, do we see the world for what it really is.
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