Day 24 (Tuesday) - Exodus 21:22-25:9

10 Laws and a ton of “regulations”. God is concerned with social justice and wanted to make sure the people knew how to treat one another. Here in these regulations is the message of doing good and owning up to the things you do wrong, intentionally or unintentionally. To care for the widows and orphans and if for no other reason, because God will strike you down if you don’t! But there is also the promises of protection and a land all their own. A land filled with people that God will drive out, little by little, until the people of Israel are large enough to take it.

God has his way of doing things and when we get onboard we find ourselves in the “right” place. When we push against it, it’s like trying to push against a locomotive. We get tired and God is unmoved. In fact if we push against him long enough, we get run over by the train. It is my challenge to live life in line with God, to care about what he cares about and to trust that he has a place for me on the journey.