When was the last time you spent some time in the good old book of Leviticus? If you are like me, you tend to avoid this book like the black plague. After all, why do I need to read a book about a bunch of different laws? Because I am called to obey the law and am under the law, that's why.
So obediently I started in Leviticus and immediately what does HE slap with me...confession. What does my life of confession look like? A lot of forgive me for all of my sins...please forgive me for anyway that I have failed you today...I am worthless and need your forgiveness...that is what it looked like in the life of this one. As I read through the first several books of Leviticus, HE shows me how I need to confess every sin specifically to HIM. This general confession is not what HE wants from me. So have you ever tried to recall every sin that you committed in one day? I know all of you reading this are a lot more holy than I but I was literally confessing for hours and have since just started confessing in the AM when I wake up. It has definitely made me think before I speak and has refocused me on HIM and HIS glory.
But today I am reading about this ceremony when Aaron was being consecrated as a priest. It says that Moses took the blood from the “ram of consecration”, which had killed by Moses. Then he put the blood on their right ear lobe, right thumb, and right big toe. So this jumps out and screams...Kendall, this has meaning for you...dig deeper...you need to understand this completely. So, I dig. And I dig. And this is what I find out about Moses' actions. He used the "ram of consecration" because its death signified the death to self which Aaron and his sons should experience in order to be fully dedicated to the will and service of HIM. Hmmm...interesting! And then placing the blood on them symbolized cleansing and forgiveness of personal sins, in order that he might be an acceptable intermediary between HIM and the people. Hmmm...interesting! And my favorite, the locations of where he placed the blood signified that the priest must have ears willing to hear HIS' Word, hands willing to do HIS' work and feet willing to carry HIS' message wherever HE led. YEP, are you listening?
How cool, right? And then I started to think...scary, yes I know. We are all priests called and set apart for HIS work. What if we are missing out on this amazing ceremony as we accept HIM and start out our lives in service to HIM? Think about it, would it have been more memorable and maybe made you take the commitment of giving HIM your life in radical obedience? I am not suggesting that we regress back to sacrificing bulls because there is no need for another sacrifice, The LOVE of My Life did that once and for all. But what if our mentors or we as mentors would teach this passage to the new believers and consecrate them in the same way Moses did to Aaron and his sons? There is a reason that HE told Moses to do this and I think that the 21st century could use some Leviticus in their lives! Just some random thoughts from my aching head on this very hot day...hope HE uses them!
So obediently I started in Leviticus and immediately what does HE slap with me...confession. What does my life of confession look like? A lot of forgive me for all of my sins...please forgive me for anyway that I have failed you today...I am worthless and need your forgiveness...that is what it looked like in the life of this one. As I read through the first several books of Leviticus, HE shows me how I need to confess every sin specifically to HIM. This general confession is not what HE wants from me. So have you ever tried to recall every sin that you committed in one day? I know all of you reading this are a lot more holy than I but I was literally confessing for hours and have since just started confessing in the AM when I wake up. It has definitely made me think before I speak and has refocused me on HIM and HIS glory.
But today I am reading about this ceremony when Aaron was being consecrated as a priest. It says that Moses took the blood from the “ram of consecration”, which had killed by Moses. Then he put the blood on their right ear lobe, right thumb, and right big toe. So this jumps out and screams...Kendall, this has meaning for you...dig deeper...you need to understand this completely. So, I dig. And I dig. And this is what I find out about Moses' actions. He used the "ram of consecration" because its death signified the death to self which Aaron and his sons should experience in order to be fully dedicated to the will and service of HIM. Hmmm...interesting! And then placing the blood on them symbolized cleansing and forgiveness of personal sins, in order that he might be an acceptable intermediary between HIM and the people. Hmmm...interesting! And my favorite, the locations of where he placed the blood signified that the priest must have ears willing to hear HIS' Word, hands willing to do HIS' work and feet willing to carry HIS' message wherever HE led. YEP, are you listening?
How cool, right? And then I started to think...scary, yes I know. We are all priests called and set apart for HIS work. What if we are missing out on this amazing ceremony as we accept HIM and start out our lives in service to HIM? Think about it, would it have been more memorable and maybe made you take the commitment of giving HIM your life in radical obedience? I am not suggesting that we regress back to sacrificing bulls because there is no need for another sacrifice, The LOVE of My Life did that once and for all. But what if our mentors or we as mentors would teach this passage to the new believers and consecrate them in the same way Moses did to Aaron and his sons? There is a reason that HE told Moses to do this and I think that the 21st century could use some Leviticus in their lives! Just some random thoughts from my aching head on this very hot day...hope HE uses them!
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