Numbers 15:39 KJV
And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:
God told the Jews to sew a piece of ribbon on their clothing as a reminder that they were to obey the Lord and not follow after their own heart and eyes.
And we people do need reminders, don't we? Even after spending time with the Lord in the morning and evening after setting our hearts upon the Lord, once the day begins it is so easy to slip into fleshy habits of life. And even though we may have cultivated a mind toward the things of God, all it takes is a lousy phone call or upsetting conversation and our minds will be on subjects less honoring to the Lord.
We need little reminders to obey the Lord throughout the day.
Of course a ribbon of blue would easily become just a traditional thing that we would wear without giving a thought as to why. We would need some reminder to remind us to remember the reminder. But there is something else here; the ribbon was to be on all of the Jews. Every one then became a reminder to his neighbor and that is where this has New Testament and practical application. We are to exhort one another and provoke one another to love and good works. My ribbon today is my contact with my brothers and sisters in the faith. Their contact with me reminds me to obey the Lord and not to follow after my heart and eyes.
And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:
God told the Jews to sew a piece of ribbon on their clothing as a reminder that they were to obey the Lord and not follow after their own heart and eyes.
And we people do need reminders, don't we? Even after spending time with the Lord in the morning and evening after setting our hearts upon the Lord, once the day begins it is so easy to slip into fleshy habits of life. And even though we may have cultivated a mind toward the things of God, all it takes is a lousy phone call or upsetting conversation and our minds will be on subjects less honoring to the Lord.
We need little reminders to obey the Lord throughout the day.
Of course a ribbon of blue would easily become just a traditional thing that we would wear without giving a thought as to why. We would need some reminder to remind us to remember the reminder. But there is something else here; the ribbon was to be on all of the Jews. Every one then became a reminder to his neighbor and that is where this has New Testament and practical application. We are to exhort one another and provoke one another to love and good works. My ribbon today is my contact with my brothers and sisters in the faith. Their contact with me reminds me to obey the Lord and not to follow after my heart and eyes.
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