WE WILL OBEY

“Moshe came and told the people everything Adonai had said, including all the rulings. The people answered with one voice; ‘We will obey every word Adonai has spoken.’”
Exodus 24:3

In closing on this week, I want to continue with just another piece concerning obedience. It was after Moshe returned that the words spoken by Adonai were shared with the people of Isra’el. Moshe, Aharon, Nadav, Avihu, and seventy of the leaders in the nation all were told the same words of Adonai, and all agreed by stating, “We will obey every word Adonai has spoken.” We are lucky enough to know the future of the Hebrews, and to know that this agreement was not kept. In only a few more chapters from now we will see the construction of the golden calf, and we will learn of the lack of faith as expressed in the attitudes of ten spies. This most of disobedience were contrary to the statement they were making now.
Yet although we can know ahead of time their error, we cannot know ours. We can say to Adonai, “We will obey,” but do we mean it? Are we just blowing smoke, or trying to make Adonai feel better? Do we mean what we say? As Adonai takes covenants seriously, I would caution us. But even with that said, I believe we should work to agree with the people and say “We will obey.” We just need to be sure we follow through with our words, as we do not want the errors of Isra’el to become the errors of ourselves.

Exodus 23:26 – 24:17