Day 58

Numbers 2-3.  “Sacrificing Our Freedom”

As I reflect on the responsibilities given to the Levites, I am rather overwhelmed.  Could you imagine being responsible for taking care of the one place where the true God could be worshipped?  Wow!  Then I think about the fact that they didn’t aspire to this, but that the Lord chose them and they were born into it.  Their whole purpose in life was the proper care and operation of the tabernacle.
Now, this is not all that different than for us today.  Like the Levites, we have been chosen by God and then given a purpose in life.  We do not inherit this based on our genealogy, but we are born into it, for every believer is born of the Spirit (John 3:5).  The Levites were instructed as to what their purpose was – they didn’t get to choose.  In the same way, God directs and gives each believer significance and purpose.  This is what I mean by sacrificing our freedom.  As chosen people, we are not free to declare the purpose for our life.  Our purpose, one that will bring real meaning and significance, comes from above.

General Questions for each day:
Summarize the day’s Bible passage in your own words.
What thoughts, actions, attitudes or beliefs are addressed in the passage?
How is the Holy Spirit leading you to apply this passage to your life today?