Tuesday 2-21-17, Modesto, California
Today we read Num 8 – 9 and Acts 28
S = Scripture, O = Observation, A =
Application, P = Prayer, SOAP for the soul.
S. Num 8:14 In this way, you will set the Levites apart from the rest
of the people of Israel, and the Levites will belong to me. NLT
O. Moses and Aaron were brothers of the
tribe of Levi. Jewish Priests were only selected from the tribe of Levi and
those Levites that were not chosen to be priests were all involved in things
related to the worship of God and the maintenance of the tabernacle.
However, this did not exclude the other eleven tribes from worship. David was
of the tribe of Judah, and he wrote many of the psalms and sang them to God,
accompanied by the music of his harp. We know his fingers worked wonders on
that harp, since King Saul hired him to give him a background of sweet melodies
to calm his troubled soul. We are not informed as to the tribal background of
the apostles chosen by our Lord to carry His message throughout the world. It
is most likely that Matthew (Levi) was a Levite. We know that Paul was from the
tribe of Benjamin. Obviously, Jesus was not choosing one from each tribe, since
there were two sets of brothers among the original twelve.
A. So today who are the ones that
“belong to God”? Jesus showed us a new day when many would be chosen for
specific tasks related to His Church, and that any and all of His followers
really belong to Him. The Apostle Paul admonishes us to flee sexual impurity
saying, “Do you not know that your body is a
temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You
are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God
with your body.” 1 Cor 6:19-20 NIV. I am not my own, to do
whatever I please. I have been bought with a price… and what a price! … the
suffering and death of Jesus Christ, the Son of God on that cruel cross. I
belong to God from the top of my head to the sole of my feet.**
P. Lord Jesus: May I never forget the
price You paid to redeem me from the depths of sin! If the Levites were a
chosen people in the days of Moses, today we have each been chosen to belong to
You. You care about me. You watch how things are going for me. Like a son born
into Your family, Praise God! I belong to You! Amen.
Ralph
1 Peter
2:9-10 But you are a chosen people, a royal
priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the
praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. NIV
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