Day 41, or February the 10th. Is that really
fair? Our thoughts today are rooted in Leviticus
chapter 24, verses 19 and 20. Anyone who injures
their neighbour is to be injured in the same
manner. Fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth
for tooth. The one who has inflicted the injury
must suffer the same injury. and now the big
picture surrounding these verses Leviticus contains
so much detail about the offerings and feasts
of the Jewish people that we must conclude that
we have a fair god who wants us to know exactly
what is expected of us the apostle Paul tells
us that all these regulations were to point us
to Jesus Galatians 3 verse 24 tells us, The law
was our guardian until Christ came. It protected
us until we could be made right with God through
faith. All of these laws and regulations were
fulfilled in Jesus, so that we are now free to
live our lives to the full. Of course, when we
do this, we inevitably keep the spirit of all
these godly regulations. And now our action step
for today. In Leviticus we read about the ancient
eye for an eye type of rough justice, which was
centuries before its time. When Moses first told
the children of Israel about this part of God's
law, their jaws would have dropped in disbelief.
They were used to wiping out a whole family for
a personal injury. In fact, you will find this
sort of reaction in the Bible. Here we have a
glimpse of the mercy -loving heart of God. The
synagogue monsters may agree with the ancient
rabbi who said, that will simply produce a nation
of blind people. I don't agree. It told the Jews,
and you, and me, that our God is intrinsically
fair. I know there are things that happen every
day that question that, but I am convinced that
the God of the Bible is always fair, and on Judgment
Day, no one will be able to say, that wasn't
fair. Now that's a thought that bears reflecting
on in these days of injustice and unfairness
that's shown by people to other people all over
the world. Our God's a fair God, and everyone
will see it. and experience it one day.