Reformed Doctrine Daily Devotions

Today’s devotion comes from Leviticus 19:19.

“‘You are to keep My statutes.  You shall not breed together two kinds of your cattle;  you shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed, nor wear a garment upon you of two kinds of material mixed together.”   Leviticus 19:19.

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We may not know the purpose of the command that the cattle which are to be bred are not to be divided between two kinds of cattle.  We may not know the purpose of the command that the seed which are to be sown are not to be divided between two kinds of seed.  We may not know the purpose of the command that the garment to be worn are not to be divided between two kinds of material mixed together. 

But, we can use the general theme of these commands to prevent division in order to meditate on the value of oneness.  How often our thoughts are divided!  How often our devotion is divided!  We can meditate on the following foremost command.

“Hear, O Israel!  The LORD is our God, the LORD is one!  You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.  These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart.  You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up.  You shall bind them as a sign on your hand and they shall be as frontals on your forehead.  You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.”  Deuteronomy 6:4-9.

“One of the scribes came and heard them arguing, and recognizing that He had answered them well, asked Him, “What commandment is the foremost of all?”  Jesus answered, “The foremost is, ‘HEAR, O ISRAEL!  THE LORD OUR GOD IS ONE LORD;  AND YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND, AND WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH.’”  Mark 12:28-30.

We may be divided in our thoughts.  We may be divided in our devotion.  But, God is not divided in His thoughts and His devotion.  “The LORD is our God, the LORD is one!”  

“But as God is faithful, our word to you is not yes and no.  For the Son of God, Christ Jesus, who was preached among you by us—by me and Silvanus and Timothy—was not yes and no, but is yes in Him.  For as many as are the promises of God, in Him they are yes;  therefore also through Him is our Amen to the glory of God through us.  Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and anointed us is God, who also sealed us and gave us the Spirit in our hearts as a pledge.”  2 Corinthians 1:18-20.

“For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren;  and these whom He predestined, He also called;  and these whom He called, He also justified;  and these whom He justified, He also glorified.”  Romans 8:29.

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him.”  Ephesians 1:3-4.

“For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”  Romans 8:38-39.