A Constant Reminder
Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck.
Proverbs 6:21
Solomon exhorts us to remember the instructions and commandments passed down to us by our parents. This is the second of three times that he encourages us to bind them upon our hearts. Surprisingly, his direction is an abbreviated form of the guidance given in Deuteronomy 6:6-9 by Moses. Moses directs the children of Israel to keep the words in their heart, to teach their children, to talk of it when sitting in their house or walking or lying down or rising up, to bind them upon their hand, to keep them as frontlets between their eyes and to write them upon their posts and gates. Essentially, Moses never wanted them to forget the commandment which he gave them.
And what great commandment was Moses and Solomon concerned with? And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. (Deut 6:5) And just to be sure we got the message, Jesus repeated the first commandment in Matthew 22:37, Mark 12:30 and Luke 10:27. I think we can all agree, the first commandment should have the highest priority in our life.
But what have we done today to remember it? What do you use as a constant reminder of the fundamental law of being one of His own? If we all kept the law in front of us, what a different world we would live in! So join me in reminding ourselves the basic law of Christianity. To commit all that we have to our Lord and to remember His Law continually.
Proverbs 6:21
Solomon exhorts us to remember the instructions and commandments passed down to us by our parents. This is the second of three times that he encourages us to bind them upon our hearts. Surprisingly, his direction is an abbreviated form of the guidance given in Deuteronomy 6:6-9 by Moses. Moses directs the children of Israel to keep the words in their heart, to teach their children, to talk of it when sitting in their house or walking or lying down or rising up, to bind them upon their hand, to keep them as frontlets between their eyes and to write them upon their posts and gates. Essentially, Moses never wanted them to forget the commandment which he gave them.
And what great commandment was Moses and Solomon concerned with? And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. (Deut 6:5) And just to be sure we got the message, Jesus repeated the first commandment in Matthew 22:37, Mark 12:30 and Luke 10:27. I think we can all agree, the first commandment should have the highest priority in our life.
But what have we done today to remember it? What do you use as a constant reminder of the fundamental law of being one of His own? If we all kept the law in front of us, what a different world we would live in! So join me in reminding ourselves the basic law of Christianity. To commit all that we have to our Lord and to remember His Law continually.
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