Leviticus 26

Here we see a further explanation of the purpose of discipline: it’s corrective (Leviticus 26:40-42). God will continue to bring calamity on His people until they understand that they need to return to Him. God uses discipline in our lives the same way (Hebrews 12:5-9), but His words to Israel remind us that, once we know Him, we are His forever. We should never forget that.

Leviticus 26:44-45 (WEB) “Yet for all that, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject them, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly and to break my covenant with them; for I am the LORD their God. But I will for their sake remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations, that I might be their God. I am the LORD.”

Hebrews 13:5 (NLT) “Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, ’I will never leave you nor forsake you.”’

Thought for the day: Obedience should be a natural result of our walk with God.

1 John 2:3-4 (WEB) “This is how we know that we know him: if we keep his commandments. One who says, ‘I know him,’ and doesn’t keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth isn’t in him.”