- But I have said to you, ‘You shall inherit their land, and I will give it to you to possess, a land flowing with milk and honey.’ I am the Lord your God, who has separated you from the peoples. Leviticus 20:24 – God is reminding His people of His promise. There was a land that they would be able to inhabit and call home. It would be a land of blessing for them, one that would be overflowing with the goodness and provision of the Lord. Yet this same land that would offer an abundance of blessing for God’s people offered death for those who inhabited the land prior to the Israelites. What caused there to be such a difference? The people prior had chosen sin and evil for their way of life. Their sin resulted in their death, and the land that could offer life offered them the very opposite. For us realize the same sort of decision and outcome is in front of us. This life could offer you blessings and joy when we choose God’s path to follow. This life though also could offer death if we choose sin’s path instead. Life and death are on the table and we have the freedom to choose. Embrace the option that the Lord is offering to follow Him and experience the life only He can provide. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 3222
- Leviticus 20 Daily DEVO And if the people of the land do at all close their eyes to that man when he gives one of his children to Molech, and do not put him to death, then I will set my face against that man and against his clan and will cut them off from among their people, him and all who follow him in whoring after Molech. Leviticus 20:4-5 – It’s too costly for us to simply close our eyes to the sin around us. People are trapping themselves in habits of pain and families are being torn apart. Marriages crumble and kids are left without parents. We must not just overlook the sin in our neighbor’s life but we must be will to dive head first sharing with them the power over sin they can find in Jesus. The destructiveness of sin doesn’t just come with sins like child sacrifice like we read in our passage. Families can be torn apart by one choice. Open your eyes to those around you and be willing to see the sin. Then be willing to help them find healing in Jesus. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 902
- The Lord spoke to Moses, saying…Leviticus 20:1 – The Lord continued to speak to Moses. Yes because the Lord wasn’t done speaking but also because Moses had postured himself in a way that showed God he wanted to hear the words coming from the Lord’s mouth. What we see is that the Lord continues to speak to the one who is in a posture to listen. What then does a “posture to listen” look like? Throughout our chapter we see God repeatedly say that they were to set themselves apart. The way they talked, worshiped, ate, loved, and lived should be different than the way the people in the land did those things. God had called them to be holy. Those who don’t know God and aren’t seeking to hear from Him live one way, they though we’re to live different than that. Living then in such a holy manner was their way to show God they were in a posture to listen. If they were willing to listen and follow what He had already spoken then God knew He could keep going with more to say. Know God is still wanting to speak into your story. He wants to guide you, encourage you, build you, and call you. Are you though in a posture to listen? Is the current state of your life with God set apart, living in such a holy way that He knows you’re expectant of more of His voice in your life? Don’t be surprised when the voice of God seems distant and fuzzy when your life is far from holy. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 1943
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