Leviticus 24 - Put it in ward and seek the Lord

In Leviticus, the leaders are faced with quite a conundrum. A man who is half-Jew, half-Egyptian has been found guilty of blaspheming the Lord. What to do? Hold him to the standard which requires death by stoning or offer him mercy - after all, he's only HALF Jewish?

So, while they contemplate the will of the Lord, they lock the man up. God replies that they are to stone him to death.

Two important lessons can be drawn here: blaspheming the Lord is serious and take time to seek God's will, because not everything is clear cut.

Oh, in the judgementalism that comes so easy to me, I can often leap to the "right" thing to do. It's not very often that I put the decision off while I seek the Lord. He has promised to write His laws no longer on stone tablets, but on our hearts. So I can trust that eventually He will make His will known to me.

The added beauty of this method is that I can trust Him to make His will known to others as well. It's not my job to go around telling others what God wants them to do. As a fellow believer, I must hold them accountable for sin. I may even need to ask for clarification in some "gray area" situations. But, ultimately, it is God's job to make His will known.

Thank God it's not up to me!