Leviticus 27:34. “These are the commandments, which the Lord commanded Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai.”
UNCHANGEABLE. Laws were given amidst thundering sounds, lightning and earthquake. Demands and ordinances, do them right – or accept the consequences. What has preceded was obligatory – ceremonies, demands, ordinances. Here, at the end of the book – suddenly – this is voluntary.
A climax fitting to all that has gone before; God wants the heart of His people. A grateful hearted people are worshiping and happy people. The conclusion of the whole matter is God loves His own unto the end. Do I love God? This is a fitting end to the book of worship.
Responses to our Father in heaven vary: His love, His grace, His mercy “If you love Me; keep My commandments.” “What shall I render unto the Lord for all His benefits…” “I beseech you by the mercies of God, that you present your body…”
Every believer wants to do something for the God I love. “The grace of God teaches us… live holy, righteously and godly…” “Do justly, love mercy, walk humbly…” Our desire is to please Him because of love for Him and each act is one of worship.
Once a vow is made, it must be kept, it is mandatory: but some things cannot be vowed. The first-born of man and beast belongs to God and cannot be pledged – it is God’s. Anything already vowed, cannot be vowed again – it is God’s. The tithe I make is not mine to give – it belongs to God.
So, I understand from here, the thinking of God for man under law. How much greater are the blessings of the grace of God “that bringeth salvation… Who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto Himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.”
A people who love Him supremely, and want to honor and glorify Him; The law reveals our inability, our lack of strength, our incapacity – We cannot do by labor, or will-power, or ordinance what God demands. But by His grace, He reveals His Son in us – and we become a worshipping people.
“O Righteous God, the Father of those who know Thee: I give from within the honor that I hold Thee with. Surely every desire that I have leads to Thee and in some way, I want to honor Thee in word, deed and thought. I am so limited in expressing all that I want to say, but Thou who knowest the hearts of all men – knows what I have to offer Thee. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.”