Daily Devotionals
Devotional: July 18th
Leviticus 25:1-19
God who has given to man the Sabbath is also mindful of His creation. Every seven years all work on the land must be interrupted to allow the land to rest. And every seven times seven years, each fiftieth year, the sound of the trumpet would be heard in Israel announcing the Jubilee, the restoration of all things. In consequence every transaction, every property purchase, had to take account of the date of the Jubilee next occurring and which must always be borne in mind. Dear children of God, this trumpet for the sound of which all the Israelites – especially those that were oppressed – waited, surely makes us think of the last trumpet with which the Lord will descend from heaven to gather up those who belong to Him (1 Corinthians 15:52). Yes, the Lord is coming; let us not forget it! Let us live in this expectation. Let us only give to the things of this earth their relative value. They have a fleeting character; we shall only enjoy them for a time. Let us fix our eyes beyond, on the things which are not seen but which are eternal (2 Corinthians 4:18). Let all our decisions, our projects, all that satisfies us, as also our trials, always be marked in our eyes "for a time" viewed in the light of our glorious hope.
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