Day 19: Day 22 to 30
Laws and laws.
Rules and rules.
Do this. Don’t do this.
The reading for today seems like a bunch of “dos” and “don’ts,” and it’s easy to get bogged down in all the details; trying to do learn all the commands that God gives to Moses on the mountain, commands that Moses then takes to the Israelites. There are a lot of them, and they are very detailed and specific.
But it’s not just about that, I don’t think. First, these laws seem a bit outdated to me. We don’t have tabernacles; nor do we need to know how to make them.
The denomination of which I’m a part doesn’t even have priests, so the talk about the vestments and such isn’t really relevant either.
But what is relevant is the covenant.
God makes a covenant with Israel , and Israel
Covenant. A promise.
A promise to be holy. A promise to provide.
What promises have I made in my life? Have I kept them? Have I held my word?
I can think of two main vows I have made. One was to God on the day I dedicated my life to being a Christian and was baptized, dying to myself and vowing to live for God. I still live by this vow to God. It’s a covenant I keep. But I also know that I sin—daily.
The other vows were to my husband on the day I married him. Those vows were and still are extremely important to me, but I don’t think I read them enough to remember what I promised to him. He sure puts up with a lot. Although I have kept my vows in the grand sense, I know there are days when I haven’t kept them at the more local level. Just like I’ve messed up with God, I’ve messed up with Shane.
So if I’ve messed up, does it mean that I’ve broken the covenant? Yes it does.
But that’s where God’s grace comes in. That’s where the blood of Jesus comes in to save me. Jesus’ sacrifice on the Cross allows me to keep my covenants even though I break them. It allows me to renew my covenant with God and my husband and my children and others. This part of the Bible, though, is important in showing me what covenant is about.
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