Ultimately, the reason the psalmist loved God’s law was not because he was a legalist but because he loved God, and following God’s laws brought the psalmist into deeper relationship with God. God’s command not to covet (Ex 20:17) was meant to bless the Israelites by freeing them from anxiety over possessions and by making them more dependent on the God who delivered them from Egypt. The commands to have sex, to eat, to rest, to celebrate, to be generous and not to covet were all meant as good gifts from Yahweh to his people. While we may be tempted to think that God wants to burden us with
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While we think of all the commads that mightg seem co trlling about YHWH, do we think of all the commnds that bring floueishing like celebration, sex and sleep?
