Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, If anyone makes a special vow to the Lord involving the valuation of persons…Leviticus 27:2 – In this last chapter of Leviticus we see the Lord’s laws over vows that were made to Him. Essentially if someone possessed something, whether that be land, an animal, a house, or even a person, they could vow it to the Lord to be used for the Lord’s purpose. What most of the chapter works through is how one might redeem that item back if they wanted to. Of course they could just give the thing to the Lord and leave it there but say it was a useful animal they were vowing to the Lord. God gave them a way to honor Him with their vow by paying the amount of money set for such a sacrifice to Him instead of actually letting go of the useful animal. As believers in Jesus Christ today we must understand that our lives with Him don’t fall into this vowed category. There is no price we can pay to redeem our life back so we can use our lives however we want to. Our lives fall into the category of things devoted to the Lord spoken of in verse 28. When we choose to follow Jesus our lives are being devoted to the Lord with the mindset that the entirety of us is being set aside for the sole purposes for God. How though may have we been handling our life with Lord like a vow and not a devoted thing? Are you doing good things and giving money to the church then thinking you’ve checked off your “God box” and now can use your life how you want to the rest of the week? That’s simply not how our life with God works, it’s about God having all of us all the time. Make space today to see how you may be seeking to take back some of your life to be used for your purposes instead of being devoted solely to God’s purposes. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 3229
Question To Ponder: Have you ever thought of yourself being wholly devoted to God?
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