November 17, 2024
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Reading along with us in Numbers and 1 Corinthians? Here’s today’s reading:
Numbers 28 (NIV)
Daily Offerings
1 The Lord said to Moses, 2“Give this command to the Israelites and say to them: ‘Make sure that you present to me at the appointed time my food offerings, as an aroma pleasing to me.’ 3 Say to them: ‘This is the food offering you are to present to the Lord: two lambs a year old without defect, as a regular burnt offering each day.……Continue Reading
I read chapters like these grateful that we do not need to do such work anymore, however, at the same time I think about how easily we take God for granted in the mundane of daily life and appreciate a need for us to stop and be grateful for all He has done, to seek Him even in the mundane, and to keep Him active in our hearts and minds. While these sacrifices and offerings seem overwhelming, I challange myself to be more overwhelmed by the presence of God in every aspect of my life; in the morning , in the evening, in the weeks and the months that I might take more time to pause, reflect, and appreciate the magnitude of what He has done for me!
Thoughtful application, Kelly
Good call Kelly. These offerings were very time consuming. Supposed it had people focused on worship. We have a hard time in our recliner. Shutting off tv to spend 20 minutes a day.
Numbers 26 & 27
Numbers 28
All these offerings seem very burdensome, but they demonstrate that worship and offering and thankfulness should be part of every aspect of our lives.
We tend to squish worship, prayer, reading the word, studying, into the leftover time slots of our day. It shouldn’t be that way. I sometimes wish that we could sustain ourselves just by doing spiritual “work” but as we live on this earth and must till the ground, do the daily mundane work to make money to eat and live. Relates to Paul’s points in 1 Corinthians 9 that those who serve spiritually ought to benefit from the service they provide.
Numbers 28
God outlines here the offerings that were to be made daily, weekly, monthly and yearly. God always wanted to be on their minds and they needed Him to be on their minds…and these offerings along with other things would help that. Unfortunately for them their was a disconnect and they would make these offerings and make it about their obedience rather the worship of God, or they would just neglect doing them. May we not fall into the trap of making what should be about God to be about us. May our obedience lead to greater worship and humility before Him, rather than pride and self righteousness. Our prayers are mentioned being like incense before God, so our lives can be as well. It is interesting that some of these sacrifices would be associated with not working. What a way for God to show that it all should be about Him. And not really for His benefit, because He doesn’t need anything. But really for theirs and our benefit.
Be sure the animals are without defect. God sets the stage for his perfect Son who made the final sacrifice to save us all. Thank you Jesus!