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I found myself getting WAY too hung up on how justice was
administered instead of what these laws were all about. Laws for indentured servitude became
necessary because either society wasn’t taking care of those in need through
charity or possibly because a person had to be made accountable for poor
choices he’d made. God was limiting the time of servitude and also
integrating the servant into the family of the owner, rather than having him be
treated as a slave.
Other laws were meant to be deterrents to bad behavior, such as abuse of parents, depriving
others of their freedom, fighting, angry outbursts, injury to innocents,
excessive discipline, and negligence.
The main concern was that people respect the rights of others, treat
others fairly, and that they not, through inaction, cause loss to others. If everyone maintained personal integrity and
responsibility, there would be little need for these chapters.
“You are to be My
holy people,” God said. If we strive to
do that, loving God with all our hearts, souls, minds, and strength, and if we
also love our neighbors as we love ourselves, we would remain in fellowship
with God and our fellow man, and these laws would never come into play. But God knows our hearts and He knows that
the heart of most problems is a problem of the heart, so He therefore had to
give guidance for dealing with those problems.
Father, help us to love You and love others, so that we
never have to have these laws or others like them apply to us. Let others see You in us by how we deal with
them.
Your Brother In Christ,
Gary Ford
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