by Rebekah Johnson
And you shall bear no sin by reason of it, when you have
contributed the best of it. But you shall not profane the holy things of the
people of Israel, lest you die. Numbers 18:32
WOW! Aaron is given an important reminder. God has just very
specifically outlined the priestly duties and the holy requirements for
handling the offerings. God has graciously provided for Aaron's earthly
needs from the contributions. However, the holy obligation to give the best to God is unwavering. The responsiblity is great, and the price for not fulfilling it is death.
All of us today as believers are priests. How many times does God provide for us what we need, but we expand that into what we want and think we deserve? We become gluttonous and covetous desiring to take more than what God has blessed us with and deemed good and holy for us. Aaron's penalty was physical death, perhaps we should take our responsibilty as priests of God's kingdom more seriously.
But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. 1 Timothy 6:9
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