Daily Manna - Obedience Brings Blessing
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Monday 28, April 2014
TEXT: LEVITICUS 14:33-57
KEY VERSE: ”To teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean: this is the law of leprosy” (Leviticus 14:57).
Long before medical science taught washing of hands after going to the
toilet as a precaution against deadly diseases and their spread, the God
of Israel had led His people through these rudiments. He had also
directed them to dig the earth a good distance from their habitation to
dispose of body waste. These were among the host of hygienic laws that
preserved the ancient Israelites as they wandered in the wilderness
after liberation from Egypt.
In chapters 13 and 14 of the book of Leviticus, and especially in the
passage before us today, God told the Israelites how to diagnose leprosy
so they could avoid it or treat it. These laws were given for the
people’s health and protection. They helped them avoid diseases that
were serious threats to their lives. Although they wouldn’t have
understood the medical reasons for some of these laws, their obedience
to them made them healthier. Many of God’s laws must have seemed strange
to the Israelites. His laws, however, helped them avoid not only
physical contamination, but moral and spiritual infection as well.
From the above, the moral for us in this day and age is that the word of
God still provides a pattern for physical, spiritual and moral lives.
Immorality and uncleanness can lead to sexually transmitted diseases;
drunkenness or alcoholism causes cirrhosis of the liver; and smoking can
lead to lung cancer. Above all, there is heaven to lose if one should
indulge in any of these vices.
True believers have the grace to live above temptations and make it to
heaven. This grace is available for all at no cost. You also can obtain
it today through prayer of faith in God.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: God’s laws are timeless.
