How I Love The Law!
Todd Nibert

“If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.” (Exodus 23:4)

How beautiful is God’s law that requires such treatment to our enemies. God’s law reflects the character of God Himself. “He maketh His sun to rise upon the evil and the good, and sendeth rain upon the just and the unjust” (Matt. 5:45). In reading through Exodus 21-23, God’s law regarding how we are to treat our fellow man, we are struck with the impartial justice, the fairness, and the mercy of God. Truly, His holy law reflects His holy character. And His holy law reflects the character of man. How evil must men be that makes such laws necessary in the first place! Remember, “The law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient” (I Tim. 1:9).

Truly, we “delight in the law of God after the inward man.” The law reflects God’s beautiful character, our sinful character, and shows us our need of Christ, and is our school-master to bring us to Christ. Every believer stands righteous before the law and is not under the law. So every believer can say with conviction, “Oh, how I love Thou law!” (Psalm 119:97).