This chapter is full of rewards for obedience and punishment for disobedience. The first thing to notice is that the punishment section is much longer than the rewards section! There are numerous ways in which things can go wrong, but only a limited number of ways in which they can go right.
We have no other God but the Lord, so it is vital that we do not worship or trust in anything else.
"Observe my Sabbaths and have reverence for my sanctuary". We are now temples of the Holy Spirit, so we must respect our bodies. This means avoiding sin, treating our bodies properly, and this includes taking rest at appropriate times.
If we follow His ways then we will be fruitful. The only way to true peace is to follow the Lord. Enemies will be removed from our lives. If we do things God's way then we will find that often things work out in amazing ways. We will succeed in situations where we should not be able to succeed.
The greatest blessing of all is that the Lord will live among us.
The Lord is the one who rescues us. He has set us free, and takes away all shame. So we can walk with heads held high. The Lord restores our dignity, this is part of the blessing of salvation.
Now I have spoken only of the positives so far, tomorrow we will look at the negatives,
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