A Tassel - A Bookmark

The Lord said to Moses, “Speak to the people of Israel, and tell them to make tassels on the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and to put a cord of blue on the tassel of each corner. And it shall be a tassel for you to look at and remember all the commandments of the Lord, to do them, not to follow after your own heart and your own eyes, which you are inclined to whore after. So you shall remember and do all my commandments, and be holy to your God. I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God: I am the Lord your God.” Numbers 15:37-41

The faculty of the mind is crucial for creator man to draw close to their creator God. A mind that is exercised in godliness through the remembrance of God's word & a mind that remembers God's deliverance in each crisis would help us transcend above the desires of our heart and the longings of the eyes. This was God's caution to the Israelites. Remembering God's Word and hiding His precepts in our hearts is God's solution for our straying hearts & our craving eyes. This is truly contrary to the sayings & philosophies that we have been exposed since young. The apparently liberating phrase " Follow your heart" masks in reality, its trapping and deadening consequence - and its stands in stark contrast to what God states in the verses above. 

With dark eyes, we will view God's commandments as stifling and life choking. But with eyes enlightened by the Holy Spirit, we will come to see that it is His great love for us that prompts the penning of His laws, precepts and commandments, which He only meant to protect, to guide, to lead & to eventually reveal to us who He truly is.

The law of the Lord is perfect, 

reviving the soul;

the testimony of the Lord is sure,

making wise  the simple;

  

 the precepts of the Lord are right,

rejoicing the heart;

the commandment of the Lord is pure,

enlightening the eyes;

  

the fear of the Lord is clean,

enduring forever;

the rules of the Lord are true,

and righteous altogether.

 

More to be desired are they than gold,

even much fine gold;

 sweeter also than honey

and drippings of the honeycomb.

 

Moreover, by them is your servant warned;

in keeping them there is great reward.

Psalm 19: 7-11

Let these verses be a tassel - a bookmark in our lives and for our generations to come.