The One Year Bible - Day 56

I was reminded today how well God understands people and perhaps how well we could understand ourselves better if we reference what God says rather than what we think. God makes these laws related to festivals and offerings and they are not all as regular as each other. Some things you do as and when required, others are weekly and some are yearly. In other words, God knows that if we are burdened with large responsibilities constantly, we will simply avoid them. On the other hand, if we just have small responsibilities, we would never be encouraged to deal with bigger issues. God's way is to have regular smaller jobs to do and then less common large feasts/ceremonies to carry out the larger things. I guess the same is true of church that the week-to-week running might be mundane and regular but then once a year, it is good to check ourselves spiritually and ask what is next. This should be a considerable offering of time and effort since God requires so little of us in one sense from day to day.