Contemplative Bible Reading

Leviticus 25:23 (New Living Translation)

23 “The land must never be sold on a permanent basis, for the land belongs to me. You are only foreigners and tenant farmers working for me.

This is The Law being passed from God to God’s people. Let’s talk about personal property and such. Oh wait, there doesn’t seem to be personal property as it relates to the land.

Uh, maybe there is a mistake in translation or something. Maybe not. Land is not bought and sold and passed on to heirs and held by a family. Everyone is a traveling foreigner and a tenant or renter working the land owned by someone else.

God owns all the land: permanently.

But I thought God gave the land to His people? We must have a different definition of “gave,” huh? No, we don’t. This is God’s creation. God “owns” what God created. God owns “my land” and “my house.” God owns “my wife” and “my children.” God even owns “my job.”

Well, that certainly is a different perspective. How do I change how I live based on that? I sure have a lot less to worry about. I sure have a lot less, period. Life changes when I replace “my” with “God’s.” There are days when I don’t like that. Please God, help me in my unbelief.