Worship for Today: God makes effort to enlighten us.

The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing,
majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of
him in Deuteronomy 22:9-11,

"Do not plant two kinds of seed in your vineyard; if you do, not only
the crops you plant but also the fruit of the vineyard will be
defiled. Do not plow with an ox and a donkey yoked together. Do not
wear clothes of wool and linen woven together."

As I read these verses I see that Israel was not to attempt to join
that which is disparate. The issue (at least for planting different
things together in a vineyard) was defilement. This brings to my mind
a comment Paul had to make in 2 Corinthians 6:14-18, "Do not be yoked
together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness
have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? What
harmony is there between Christ and Belial? What does a believer have
in common with an unbeliever? What agreement is there between the
temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As
God has said: 'I will live with them and walk among them, and I will
be their God, and they will be my people.' 'Therefore come out from
them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I
will receive you.' 'I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons
and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.'"

In his quotations of the Old Testament, Paul makes clear there are
distinctions: believers/unbelievers, righteousness/wickedness,
light/darkness, Christ/Belial, the temple of God/idols.

In our lost and fallen state we have become dull in our thinking.
Befuddled with deceitful hearts we see shades of gray. The Lord
reaches out to us with very practical educational materials in the law
- he wants us to know there are differences to things and he wants us
to be clear about it.

I find it fascinating the Lord wants us to know and has made many
attempts to enlighten us.

Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share
your thoughts of worship with us from your Bible reading today. We'd
love to hear from you!

Trevor Fisk
trevor.fisk@gmail.com