Thoughts for another day

December 29, 2011

Today's verse: Lev. 26:12. I will walk among you and be your God, and you will be my people. (KJV)

(Pls. read the above before you read further. Thanks)

When God gave the Covenant of the Law to the Israelites after leading them out of Egypt, He also gave a number of instructions along with the Law which they were to follow.  These were for their good for in keeping them they would adhere to His Kingdom which they would see at the end of this world.  God encouraged them of His covenant love and promised that He Himself would be with them all the way but they were only to be faithful to the Covenant. 

As we go further, we find that God was true to His promises.  He remained faithful to His people, the children of Abraham with whom He had formed the covenant of circumcision and whom He loved.  But what the people did was a blot on the Israelites for they forsook Him and broke His heart to utter sorrow.  Nevertheless, God always kept His Word and today's Scripture is one particular Word that caught my attention in this, the Word was manifest in Jesus' coming to earth to display, 'I will walk among you and be your God!' 

Yes, He walked among them and everything written about Him they found in Jesus.  Yet, their blinded eyes and clouded minds refused to accept Him as God.  Rather they did to Him as they pleased, even to the point of crucifying Him and appropriating His blood upon them and their children!  We may castigate the Jews for their destroying Jesus; but in reflection, what do we discover about ourselves in what we do to Jesus today.  Don't we harm Him every bit of the way?  Don't we betray Him, sneer at Him and abuse Him, in what we say and do?  My friend, much time has gone by since Jesus walked the face of the earth; but what He experienced then, He experiences even today.  The bitter pill of rejection He had to take then, He has to take even today, for the depraved and corrupt world rejects Him even more than it did then.  In fact today, we've found potent alternatives to the Gospel of Christ, even in His churches which profess Him, albeit in their own 'new-age' way.  We have churches that say they do His will but are more concerned about their coffers and rather than teach the truth, teach profit to the people and so on.  We await a man sent by Jesus Himself who will lead His people in the right manner so that they form the throng that worships and bows before Him in His heavenly kingdom forever.