Leviticus

The last few days I have been reading in the book of Leviticus. I must say, this book of the Bible is not one of the more exciting books. All kinds of talk about offerings, being unclean and skin infections; does that make you want to start reading it right away?! As I was reading in Leviticus last night and trying to focus on what I was reading instead of on who knows what, one little verse got my attention.

"Do what I tell you; live what I tell you. I am God." ~ Leviticus 22:31 The Message

"Do what I tell you and live what I tell you." Wow! It was like God was right in my bedroom with me as I read this. Yes, I know, He was in there with me, He is every where! Live what I tell you means that He should be a big part of my life, which He is. I think it goes deeper than that, though, too. To me, to live something means it is a part of you. I don't even think about it, it just happens, like breathing. To live what He tells me should just happen, I shouldn't have to think about what He would want me to do; that's not always the way it is though. Sorry I am rambling on here, I guess I am thinking out loud, or with the keyboard. The fact that He says do what I tell you and live what I tell you already means that they are two different commands, otherwise He wouldn't repeat Himself, would He?

I think that by doing what He tells me time and time again, then I will be living what He tells me. I am also thinking that this is true with all areas of my life; it is not a one time thing that we can conquer. As a young child, Mom had to tell me to brush my teeth every night, I had to do what she told me. After a gazillion nights of being told to brush my teeth, now I live it. No one tells me any more to brush my teeth, that is just a part of getting ready for bed, I don't think about it, I just do it. We have to make a deliberate decision to obey God time after time, then we won't think about that particular item any more, we will just do it, we will live it. After we are living that area the way He wants us to, He will then bring something else to our attention that He wants us to work on.

Are you guys following my train of thought here? Or did I lose you? If I did lose you in my ramblings, again I apologize, but it did help me clear it all up for myself.

I lied on Valentine's Day in my post. I said I was 39, what a dork, I am only 38!