And if she cannot afford a lamb, then she shall take two turtledoves or two pigeons,one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering. And the priest shall make atonement for her, and she shall be clean. Leviticus 12:8 – Our chapter today speaks on what the process was for after a child was born into a family. We see that after child was born two sacrifices had to be made. This was not because having a baby was a sinful thing to do for it’s something the Lord encourages us to do. It was to remind the family that with this new little one being brought into the world that another sinner in need of a Savior was also brought into this world. What we see in our verse above is God’s allowance for families who could not afford the normal offering that was to be given at this time. While a seemingly simple verse, after some studying this morning over this chapter I noticed something special connected to this verse. Jesus’ family had to take this allowance as his birth. In Luke 2 we see that the family brought two turtledoves, showing that likely the wise men hadn’t come yet with their gifts otherwise they would have given the full offering. Let us then never be ashamed of what we can give to the Lord. Maybe you are at a spot of being able to give great amounts to the Lord which is certainly needed in church life. Maybe though, like the family of Jesus, you can only do the smaller ways of giving. Know that is needed too and that is honoring to the Lord just as much as the large offerings. God not only accepted these smaller offerings, He placed His own Son in the family of ones who could only give smaller offerings. What we have and what we can give doesn’t define who we are in God’s eyes. It’s what we do with what we’ve been given that matters to Him. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 3214
Question To Ponder: What is a gift that you can give that you know is honoring to the Lord?
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