Day 40
Reading: Num. 5:1- Num. 6:27
Do whatever God instructs. That is obedience. Remove whatever is displeasing to God from your life. Whatever or whoever is causing discharge from your life that contaminates your faith should be far from you and I. I do realise that in today's dispensation some will say that they have nothing to do to walk with God, however, God won't come and move your feet away from a place sin. You go runnings and that is an instruction from your brain to your feet in obedience to the Word of God to walk in purity.
I found it interesting that after Moses tells the children of Isreal to remove every leper from the camp God then speaks on restitution. The law was not just about worshipping God but also about relating right. God desires that we not only are in right standing with Him but also with others. I realised that first God began by clearing whoever may bring defilement to the camp before not dealing with relationships. Restitution is a form of restoration, where I restore what I took from someone and add to it a portion in this case 20%. How many people would be healed if we returned what we have of theirs and added a percentage all accompanied with an apology?
God is a jealous God. The manner in which He brought the children of Isreal out of Egypt was not just because of His love for them and a promise He had made. God is jealous for His people. Jealous to arise and fight the enemy. The law regarding the jealous husband and his wife is one which shows what God expects of us, men. To be so jealous of the spouse. I think this would reduce infidelity big time as we would value our marriages differently. Imagine if every husband was jealous of his wife? There won't be time for another woman or man!
The Nazarite vow is introduced here for both male and female. This was seen as the ultimate vow of abstinence to seek God. You would abstain from every pleasure and not cut your hair as a vow to God. As I read this I was convicted of my need to renew my vows to live a life for God and to remind myself of the need for a lifestyle of abstinence. I am not preaching works. In pursuit of God sometimes one needs to cut from everyone and everything to seek His mind regarding the challenges of life.
The priest had a blessing to pronounce upon the children of Isreal. Learn to decree this blessing as a priest of God, so that His name is over His children.
Memory Verse: Num. 6:24-27
Decree:
“The Lord bless you and keep you; The Lord make His face shine upon you, and be gracious to you; The Lord lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace.” ’Num. 6:24-26 (Italics mine)
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