Topic: Serving On His Terms Only [Thursday March 17, 2016]
Text: Numbers 8:5-19
Key Verse: “Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them” (Numbers 8:6).
Serving the Lord is a very unique and privileged opportunity. It is not a service into which every Tom, Dick and Harry can enter. Those who are selected to serve here are specially qualified though, not by their own merit and making but by the gracious provision of God to which they have appropriated. There are however, many who wish to enter into this service.
They do many things to make themselves qualified. They get actively involved in religious attendance and activities; some even get enrolled in seminaries and theological schools to receive formal trainings, not realising that these in themselves do not qualify them to enter into this great service. To get qualified to serve in the courts of God’s kingdom, one needs to be cleansed.
This is the main thrust of the text for meditation today. The Levites have been specially selected to carry out divine service for God. But before they can be truly fit for that service, God instructed Moses to cleanse them. This is a form of purification which they must observe. It is to make them realize that the service to which they are about to enter is a sacred and holy one. Hence, they were to be holy. They cannot give room to any form of defilement if they hope to render acceptable service to God who will bring the expected blessings on the people they serve and on themselves as well.
The service of God today requires no less condition. Many people desecrate the service of God and make it of no effect. Many have turned it into a venture through which they can pursue their personal desires and ambitions. Of course, God does not recognize such people as serving Him. If you wish to truly render your service to the Lord, understand that this is a good desire. However, you must first get cleansed. God’s service is a holy service and requires nothing but holy servants.
Thought for the day: God’s service requires nothing but holy servants.
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DCLM Daily Manna was written by Pastor William Folorunso Kumuyi; is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church situated at KM 42 on the busy Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Nigeria.
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