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THE FEASTS, JUSTICE AND HOLY WORSHIP
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12
Deuteronomy 16:16-22

2 John 4-6

 

“…walking in truth, as we have
received a commandment

from the Father.”

THE FEASTS, JUSTICE AND HOLY WORSHIP
 
All males in Israel were to appear in a place that the Lord chose to keep the feasts. Gifts were given according to the ability that God had given to them. However, they were not to appear before the Lord empty-handed. Serving the Lord involves material gifts or a personal voluntary offer to serve wherever needed. God has blessed everybody with some gift, small or big, and He has also bestowed material goods on many people. When the children of God were going to Canaan, they had little, apart from their livestock. God gave them a land of mountains and valleys and sufficient rain for them to get water for their mixed farming activities. As much as they were thus blessed, they were not to live at ease and fail to give what the Lord had told them to give. Besides, they were also to observe all the specification that the Lord had commanded in keeping all the feasts.
 
Justice and holy worship were to guide the nation. When Israel settled in the land, judges and administrative officers would be appointed among them. These would have to judge righteously without respect of persons. They were also commanded not to take bribes, so as not to pervert judgment. Everyone was to do that which was just. They were also to keep the place of worship holy and not allow any sacrilege. They were commanded not to plant any grove near the altar of the Lord or to set up any image. These were in line with the commands relating to the worship of God. Moses stressed that they must keep God’s statutes.
 
The Lord had a purpose in appointing the mentioned feasts and they were to be kept according to His commands. Another reason for keeping these feasts was to attain some form of discipline in drawing closer to God on a regular basis. All these point to the redemption that comes through Christ, and His people’s need to live righteous lives.
 
THOUGHT: Live by the statutes of the Lord.
PRAYER: Father, may I ever observe Thy precepts in faith.

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