- And it shall be a tassel for you to look at and remember all the commandments of the Lord, to do them, not to follow after your own heart and your own eyes, which you are inclined to whore after. Numbers 15:39 – Do you have anything like this in your story? Something that you can look at to remind you today to follow God and nothing else. For them it was these tassels they wore on their clothing. Now we don’t have to do this, but it’s not off the table either if that could be a way to remind you. For me it’s pictures in my office of past encouraging moments in ministry. It’s pushes me to keep living for God in my own story so I can see more photos like that taken. What then is something you have, or something you can create today, that can be a reminder to you to follow God like your called to today? Anything we can do to help our minds stay on course is good, and anything that does the opposite needs to be taken down. Think on both today, what reminds you to walk well and what causes you to stumble. The more we are aware of both the healthier walk with God we’ll have. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 1431
- Numbers 15 – Pastor Mac Daily DEVO If one person sins unintentionally, he shall offer a female goat a year old for a sin offering. 28 And the priest shall make atonement before the Lord for the person who makes a mistake, when he sins unintentionally, to make atonement for him, and he shall be forgiven. Numbers 15:27-28 – Sins unintentionally. What this shows is how sin isn’t determined by any one of us, but determined by God. It’s not what seems right to you or wrong to you that settles whether something is sinful or not for you. That determination is up to the Lord. What’s beautiful though is the grace extended to followers of God when it comes to sin. Where we may be in a place of immaturity in the faith and have no clue that something is a sin, or we may be under the false belief that something isn’t a sin when it truly is, yet God has still made a way for us to find forgiveness for those wrongs. We see in Numbers what the method was for such forgiveness for the people of Israel and we see in Jesus our method of forgiveness. So for sure come away from this passage hearing that anyone can find forgiveness of their wrongs in Jesus if they would only come to Him. He will forgive them of the wrongs they were aware of and cover the wrongs they weren’t aware of. What we should also learn from this passage is to accept that we aren’t the final judge on what a sin is and isn’t. There may be things in your life you are holding over others as sin that scripture doesn’t speak on like you believe it too. There may be things scripture clearly outlines as sin that we don’t want to acknowledge as such. Settle in the truth that God’s grace and forgiveness extends beyond our immaturity of the faith and that we must allow scripture to be the final call on sin. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2296
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