If You're Getting Run Over, Isaiah 33:22, Lawgiver, | Debbie Taylor Williams

If you’re a parent or teacher have you ever “laid down the law” to a child and said, “Look left and right before you cross the street”? Why do we say that? Because we don’t want them to get run over by cars. In like manner our Heavenly Father lays down moral and ethical laws so we don’t get run over by the devil and our fleshly carnal nature. If we don’t obey Christ and His teachings, we hurt ourselves and those with us. Flattened by sin, face in the gravel, groaning in pain (physical or emotional), our eyes open to the “why” of God’s commands. Isaiah 33:22 gives the clear reason why as citizens of the kingdom of God we are to live by His laws.

For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king; He will save us—

Our Heavenly King gives us laws to save us from pain, guilt, untimely death, loss, regret, and so much more. In what way might you be running in the streets of sin chasing a ball of self, indulgence, pride, money, resentment, or an unhealthy friendship about which God has warned you, “Stop”? God is our spiritual, physical, mental, financial, emotional, relational LAWGIVER. We’re saved from pain and blessed beyond measure when we listen to Him and obey His commands. Are we?

Heavenly Father, we praise You, our LAWGIVER, for Your commands and teachings that protect us from getting run over by sin.