Leviticus 18:5. “Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the Lord.” LIVE IN THEM. Patterns of life forming a mosaic of relationships – Some near at hand, so close that it is hard to see all it means; Others at a distance – so far away that it is only part of the scenery. So how can we know the dynamics of living that God intends? He has made His statutes and judgments clear – LIVE IN THEM.
The careless living of others around us does not make a thing right. We cannot form our way and patterns of living on that. It is essential that we know and follow the moral ways of Him – Him who is our Father, it is true, but also, Lord. His knowledge of rightness can never be wrong – LIVE IN THEM.
There are ways and words we cannot go or speak; Life in its’ ordinary ways is and should be – holy, wholly for God. Every aspect of daily living can be a sanctified thing. For those who live around me, they should know – There are lines and laws we live by day by day – LIVE IN THEM.
Holiness in families is passed on as is only right from each generation. To live in light is part of a heritage from God and given to keep. It is only right to expect them each to follow the basics –
There may be changes in ways each looks at things – But in the fundamentals come from God – LIVE IN THEM.
I’m older now, I hope I’m wiser than in days gone by. My children and grandchildren are the pride and joy of my life. If I had something to give to them that I thought would bless them – It probably would not be in gifts, or money or even in the tales told. It would hopefully be that they knew my wife and I believed – LIVE IN THEM.
“I have a family, O Father of families, who gives children to those who Thou art able to entrust. The heritage of children has been a great blessing to me and Linda. We find great joy in praying for them, looking at them, watching them grow. Please, O God of all grace, help us to teach them Thy statutes and judgments. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.”