Day
One: Exodus 34: 1-9 The
LORD said to Moses, “Cut two stone tablets like the first ones, and I will
write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke. Be prepared
by morning. Come up Mount Sinai in the morning and stand before Me on the
mountaintop. No one may go up with you; in fact, no one must be seen anywhere
on the mountain. Even the flocks and herds are not to graze in front of that
mountain.”
Finish
the story by reading 4-9 in your Bible.
HAVE YOU EVER thought about seat belt laws? Today every
state in the U.S. has some sort of legal requirements for wearing a seat belt
when riding in a car. What is the point of these laws? Are they simply on the
books so that police officers have an additional reason for pulling someone
over and generating revenue? Or is there something else in play? Consider these
statistics:
* Approximately 35,000 people die in motor vehicle crashes
each year. About 50 percent (17,000) of these people could be saved if they
wore their safety belts.
* For every 1 percent increase in safety belt use, 172 lives
and close to $100 million in annual injury and death costs could be saved.
* Safety belts when used properly reduce the number of
serious traffic injuries by 50 percent and fatalities by 60-70 percent.
* A common cause of death and injury to children in motor
vehicles is being crushed by adults who are not wearing safety belts. One out
of four serious injuries to passengers is caused by occupants being thrown into
each other.
The point is, laws enforcing the use of seat belts are in
place for the physical and financial well being of those both in the car and
those who may be involved in an accident with the car. They weren’t created
just so we’d have another rule to obey. They were created for our own good.
Interestingly, many people view God’s word in a similar
light. They think it’s merely a book filled with do’s and don’ts to keep people
in line. In reality, God’s word isn’t there to suppress our fun or take away
our freedoms, it’s there to show us how to fulfill our ultimate purpose in
life: glorifying the name of God. By obeying the commands of God, we are able
to worship Him and bring glory to His holy name. In essence, God didn’t give
His word for our oppression, but for our good and His glory!
PAUSE AND REFLECT
▷▷Why do “rules” usually have a negative connotation?
▷▷How are God’s “rules” different than man’s “rules”?
▷▷Why
should we seek to obey God’s “rules”?
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