Psalm 40 – Pastor Mac Daily DEVO

In sacrifice and offering you have not delighted, but you have given me an open ear. Burnt offering and sin offering you have not required. ‭‭Psalm‬ ‭40‬:‭6‬ ‭- Now for someone in the Old Testament to say the Lord didn’t want sacrifices and offerings from them, that should draw some questions from us. Why would David say this, and if this was true that the Lord wasn’t looking for sacrifices and offerings…what was God looking for from David? God wanted to give David an open ear. In Exodus 21 we are told about a unique ceremony that could take place in the life of a slave. After the years of service that needed to be completed for the slave, if he loved his master and wanted to remain with him forever, he could willingly allow himself to remain under the service of his master for the rest of his life. The master would then “open his ear.” The master would take the slave to the door post of his house, take a small rod of wood, and pierce it through the earlobe of the slave and into the doorframe of the house. This mark in the ear would be a sign to all that he was now a permanent part of the master’s household and under his care. What we see from this psalm is this is what the Lord wanted from David, and it is what the Lord wants from us too. God isn’t looking for loads of sacrifices and offerings from us, He already received the greatest sacrifice and offering that could ever be given in Jesus Christ. What the Lord wants from us is our willing submission to Him and to forever be His servant. He wants to open our ear. He wants us. Is this though what the Lord is receiving from you? Or is the Lord instead getting good church attendance, offerings to help the poor, and rigid worship? While going to church and worshipping Him is of course good things, scripture reveals what the Lord wants most…us. Today let us fully and willingly give ourselves over to the Lord and what He wants to do with our lives. Let Him open your ear and have your life completely and permanently. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2995

Question To Ponder: Why might a slave desire to remain under his old master’s house after being freed?

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