Tues.’s Devo - Miscellaneous Laws

Read Ex. 22:22-31 God is very compassionate towards the widow, the fatherless, and the poor. God protects and provides for them and hears them when they cry. James 1:27 says, “Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.” We are to lend to the poor and not ask interest. Verse 28 is interesting: we are not to make light of or curse the leader of our country… Ooooops! I would think that that means not to tell jokes about our president even if it seems appropriate or funny. God says that he places leaders in authority. 1 Tim. 2:1 says, “I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; 2 For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.” So instead of complaining we are to be praying. God gives us the leader we deserve. Verse 29: our first fruits of our labor and our children are the Lord’s. Your first oxen are to stay with their mother till the 8th day then they are to be sacrificed to God. The number “eight” means “to put off ( as in putting off the old man). We stay with our mother, which in this case, would be our natural birth - the natural man - till it is time for us to put it off and give our lives to God. Then we are to be holy and not eat the blood of the deeds of darkness anymore. Lord, help us to be always aware of the ones who are hurting and in need. Help us to pray for the men and women who are in authority over us. Give them your wisdom.