God and fashion.  “Make tassels on the corners of your garments, with a blue cord on each tassel. You will have these tassels to look at and so you will remember all the commands of the Lord, so that you may obey them and not prostitute yourselves by going after the lusts of your own hearts and eyes” (Num.15:38-39).  God knew how people tend to forget what matters (His Truth) and squander time on things that ultimately don’t matter (fashion).  Since people get dressed everyday, God gave the ‘tassels’ as a daily reminder of all of his beautiful commands.  The blue cord of each tassel was symbolic of the stream of life running through the commands of God.  God is truth and life.  Apart from him, we have nothing but spiritual lifelessness.  His point is that the truth protects us from falling into the deceptions that destroy us.  The lusts of my heart and eyes scream to be indulged.  Feeding that lust brings but a brief buzz, but then I crash back into lifelessness.  But there is powerful prevention – God wants your focus to be on his life-giving commands; his truth that sets you free.  Get dressed in his truth everyday!

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