Leviticus 25:18

Leviticus 25:18 says, Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.  This was the condition stated, that the people of Israel were to live by God's commandments if they were to dwell in the land safely.  Even as followers of Christ, we are still to live by God's law.  The laws do not save us, but they do keep us safely under God's protection by showing our obedience to Him.  Verse nineteen adds, And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety.  When the people of Israel were faithful to God, they would have their needs met and would live in peace.  Verse twenty continues, And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase:   God said they might question what they were going to eat in the seventh year, just as we may sometimes question God when we feel that we are in in need of something in our life. Verse twenty-one declares, Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years.  God said he would give enough increase in the sixth year to provide for three years.  Like the people of Israel, God has made a provision for our needs to be met, and all we have to do is put our faith in Him.  Verse twenty-two adds, And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat yet of old fruit until the ninth year; until her fruits come in ye shall eat of the old store.  The people of Israel were to eat of the provisions that God had provided until the new crops planted in the eighth year were ready to harvest.  Verse twenty-three continues, The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.  God said that the land could not be sold forever because it belonged to Him,  Everything that we own today as followers of Christ  should be viewed as belonging to God.  Verse twenty-four says, And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land.  If they bought land, they were to allow for redemption for it.  Verse twenty-five adds, If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his brother sold.  There was also a provision for a man's kinsmen to redeem the land.  Verse twenty-six continues, And if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to redeem it;  Verse twenty-seven states, Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may return unto his possession.  If there were no kinsman to redeem the land, the individual himself was to be given the opportunity to redeem it.  Verse twenty-eight adds, But if he be not able to restore it to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubile: and in the jubile it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession.  If no one could redeem the land, then it would remain the possession of the one who bought it until the year of jubilee, when it would be restored to the family who sold it.  When we accept Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord, we are His forever, but we must personally accept His salvation.