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This verse is taken from:
Leviticus 27. 16-25
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“search the scriptures” John 5:39
Leviticus chapter 27 has to do with ‘things devoted to the Lord’. In some instances, the Lord made certain claims upon His people that were mandatory, but, in this case, the decision to devote was entirely voluntary. Certain conditions were attached, in that once a person had devoted his field he could redeem it, but if not, at the time of the Jubilee, it was given to the Lord in perpetuity. There are certain lessons that we can glean from this transaction in Leviticus.
First, we also are called upon to devote ourselves to the Lord. The apostle Paul writing to the Romans exhorted them, ‘I beseech you, therefore, brethren by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service’, Rom. 12. 1. It should be noted that this is not a commandment, but an appeal for voluntary submission based on our appreciation of the mercies of God. The Lord is not looking for conscripts, but volunteers who will willingly yield themselves to Him, body, soul and spirit.
Secondly, as the apostle reminds us, the Lord has indeed paid the price - ‘For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s’, 1 Cor. 6. 20. Our redemption does not grant us liberty to do as we please but to do as our Lord would please in our lives.
Thirdly, when the year of Jubilee came, the devoted field was given to the Lord forever. What a blessed thought we have here. At the present time, our souls have been redeemed, and our eternal bliss is assured, but we await the day of our ultimate liberation. The apostle anticipated that day when he wrote, ‘And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body’, Rom. 8. 23. The redemption that Christ has wrought includes every aspect of our being - body, soul and spirit. We are His forever.
His forever, only His,
Who the Lord and me shall part?
Ah, with what a rest of bliss,
Christ can fill the longing heart!
[G. W. Robinson]
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