Wed.'s Devo - God's Commandments are Good.

Read John 14: 21
Jesus said in verse 21 that whoever possessed God's commandments and guarded them loved him and whoever loved him loved the Father, and Jesus will love that person and exhibit himself to him. We always have a bad connotation to the law when really it was given to protect us. It is life to those who keep it but death to those who don't. Every law had a natural meaning and a spiritual meaning. Jesus explained some of these in the beatitudes but lets take one that he didn't explain and look at it. How about Lev. 11:3. He is explaining which animals they can eat.
They can eat the ones that part the hoof, are clovenfooted, and chew the cud. What does that mean in the spiritual? An animal with a parted hoof is able to balance better than one that doesn't. We are to stand balanced in the Word. Gal. 5:1 says, "stand fast in the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage." Clovenfooted means not only a split hoof but an eagle's claw. This is the eagle's defense against an attacker and also his help in attacking potential food. David wrote in the Psalms 18:34 that God prepares our hands for battle and that our hands will break a bow of steel. If we are walking in the spirit we will tear down the enemies strongholds and built the temple of God in our hearts. Lastly we are to eat that which chews the cud. We are to digest the Word of God then bring it back up and chew on it some more. This process happens more and more as we grow in our hunger for the Word.