The Daily Fountain Devotional Saturday, July 30, 2022
The Daily Fountain Devotional Saturday, July 30, 2022
Saturday, July 30, 2022
TOPIC: LIFE IS GOVERNED BY RULES AND REGULATIONS
TEXT: Exodus 21:32-36
21:32 If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned. 21:33 And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein; 21:34 The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.
21:35 And if one man's ox hurt another's, that he die; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it; and the dead ox also they shall divide. 21:36 Or if it be known that the ox hath used to push in time past, and his owner hath not kept him in; he shall surely pay ox for ox; and the dead shall be his own.
The Daily Fountain Devotional Saturday, July 30, 2022
INTRODUCTION TEXT
Today's text confirms that laws and regulations are essential for harmonious living. The law is God's standard to regulate their conduct and activities of believers and as well measure their levels of obedience. Breaking God's laws brings death (Genesis 2:15-17). Laws and regulations keep the society safe and make it free from conflicts and social vices. The laws of the land and the laws of God work together to achieve the same goal: Safety of life and property. God gave people of Israel rules and regulations so they could live peaceably with one another. The summary of the whole law as given by the Lord Jesus Christ is to love God with the whole of our hearts and our neighbours as ourselves.
Beloved, if we love God, we will keep his commandments and take responsibility not to hurt our fellow man, or allow his belongings to be destroyed (w. 33-34). The crises we experience today in Nigeria result from lawlessness. Terrorists and bandits have ravaged our societies. Our laws are ineffective in dealing with corruption, especially in government business. The only solution to our predicament is total obedience to God's laws (Isaiah l:19 & Deut. 28:1-2). The Scripture has capacity to illuminate our lives, transform our minds, safeguard our destinies and guarantee our safety here on earth and hereafter, if we read and carefully obey what is written therein.
Prayer: Dear Lord, help me to be obedient to your laws, so that all your promises will be fulfilled in my life, in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.