Forsaken Your Law

“Indignation grips me because of the wicked, who have forsaken your law.” (Psalm 119:53)
Do we get upset when we meet people who have totally ignored the Law of God? They go on their way as if God’s Law does not apply to them. If you point that out that the Law is important they shrug it off as not relevant for today.
What about Christians who feel that the Law of God has no relevance for them today? Yes, I know that we are not under the Law with its ceremonial righteousness, its judgment but the Law is much more than that.
The Law shows us that we are sinners and that we need a Saviour. The Law shows us the character of God. We know that God is truth because He said that we should not lie, we know God is faithful because He said that we should not commit adultery, we know that God is sufficient because He said we should not covet. Remember that the Law is fulfilled in Jesus Christ and we can know God by looking at Him but we can know Him by looking at the Law.
But there is another reason why we should not forsake the Law. The Law is really the promises of our God. He said that we should not commit adultery, or lie, or steal and we can trust God to keep us from those things. We also know that God is sufficient for all our needs because He told us not to covet.
We don’t live by the Law but we have not forsaken the Law.