Every Sabbath day Aaron shall arrange it before the Lord regularly; it is from the people of Israel as a covenant forever. Leviticus 24:8 – Inside the Tent of Meeting was a table and on that table was to be placed what scripture calls the showbread, twelve loaves of bread made specifically for this purpose. As we see in our verse every Sabbath the priests were to bring in new bread to replace the old loaves and arrange it just so on the table. This was to be a practice for them to do continually throughout their generations. So what then was the purpose of this practice? The table and bread symbolized God’s ever presence with them and His constant desire for fellowship with them. The image was God inviting us to sit and eat with Him at His table. The bread as well was to be weekly refreshed so it never sat there stale for the Lord never wanted a stale fellowship with His people. As we then today look at our fellowship with the Lord, can we say that it’s as fresh as it could be? Are we actively “refreshing the bread” or are we settling with stale loaves? Is our time in scripture stale due to a lack of time in the word? Is our prayer life stale due to it being only routine requests that we say without much thought? Is our time at church stale because we come with a distracted mind? We too are being invited to sit at the table and be with the Lord each day, but is the bread we’re bring stale? You know the difference in enjoyment you have going to a restaurant and they bring out hot, fresh bread to enjoy verses them bringing out cold, stale bread. Maybe the reason your walk with the Lord is lacking in enjoyment is due to the staleness of what you’re bringing to the table. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 3226
Question To Ponder: How might someone “refresh” their walk with the Lord?
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