Rules, Rules, Rules

Why so many rules? As I read through the book of Leviticus it doesn't take long to realize that God has a lot of them. He is for rules. We may not like them. We often call them something else so we won't look like, 'rule' people. In the youth ministry we call them, 'protective guidelines.' But make no mistake...they are rules.

The book of Leviticus gives us some good reasons for rules. 18:5 tells us they give us life. 19:17 teaches us that if we are not rule enforcers than we become as guilty as rule breakers. 19:34 shows us that rules help us to remember where we came from. 20:22-24 promises us that God has something much better in store for those who obey the rules.


The most important reason of all is in 19:37. Because He is the LORD and we are not. Our role is to trust. Rules help us to trust. Leviticus, as much as any other book in the Bible, makes it clear that we do not understand everything that God instructs us to do. But even we don't understand the rules, as servants under the LORD, our role is to trust and obey. Even when we don't understand.