As I churned this chapter
around in my thoughts, the word ‘boundaries’ kept rolling to the front. As God
established the boundaries of Israel
Even though my meditations
stretch the text, I found myself continuing the meditation on God’s
boundaries.
God gives boundaries of
time. Night and day; day and night… God gives us a rhythm of rest and work, work
and rest. When I stray past God’s boundaries and His rhythm of work and rest, I
pay with a rundown body and less ability to cope with the people and things of
life that do not go ‘my’ way.
I thought about the
boundaries God gives around intimate relationships. Intimacy within marriage
gives a man and woman full and beautiful closeness that cannot be matched. Lord,
thank you for these boundaries, they keep us safe and allow us to enjoy totally
the gift of wife or husband.
Lord, I pray
for those who disregard this boundary, that they would find Your mercy and
grace.
I contemplated the
boundaries the Lord God set around our tongues… to use our speech to build up
rather than tear down.
Our world would be a better
place if we honored these boundaries more faithfully.
Lord, help me
to better keep this boundary or speech.
Lord, thank
You for the boundaries You set for life here in Your world. Help me to honor You
by keeping them. Lord, I pray, too, that I might see the good in these
boundaries, that I might see them as Your protection and love for us. I pray
this through Jesus, the Lord. Amen.
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