- 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
- Leviticus 24 Daily DEVO If anyone injures his neighbor, as he has done it shall be done to him, fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; whatever injury he has given a person shall be given to him. Leviticus24:19-20 – While for Christians today we need to contrast this passage with what Jesus says in Matthew 5:38-42, we still can learn a truth from what it says here. We’ve seen already God speak about loving your neighbor as yourself and this passage hits at the heart of that. That if you love your teeth, you’re going to think twice about taking your neighbors teeth now. We’re seeing how loving others helps us and how hurting others hurts us. If then you want less hurt coming into your story and more love coming instead, love others as you want to be loved. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 906
- And they put him in custody, till the will of the Lord should be clear to them. Leviticus 24:12 – In our passage two men from the camp got into a fight. During the fight one of the men cursed and blasphemed God’s name. Most likely meaning he spoke disrespectfully and in a dishonorable way concerning God’s name. When the situation and the man was brought before Moses, they did the wise choice. Rather than acting out of frustration and anger, they paused and waited on directions from God. There are many things like this in our story where we need to pause and wait for God’s direction on the situation. It’s so easy to assume we know what God wants and immediately step into something too soon or step into something we weren’t supposed to. Be wise enough to take time to seek God’s directions on things. Pray, read His Word, seek advice from those more spiritually mature than you. Yes, this takes time and may mean you don’t get to move as quickly as you want. Yet wouldn’t you rather move into something with full confidence this is God’s will for your story? Wouldn’t you rather wait, seek God’s lead, and find out something you were going to jump into isn’t actually something He wants you in? Yes, this should be our habit for big things, but it should also be our habit with the small things in life. Each day, in every way, let’s seek the direction God is giving. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 1947
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