Today's Reading
Moses had already been told that he couldn't go into the Land because of his sin. Joshua was God's chose to lead the people next. Numbers today.
John's life story began with the angelic visitation to Zechariah. Luke then chronicles God's ultimate plan for this forerunner of Christ.
God is faithful! We should follow the example of David in this Psalm and cry out to God for His faithfulness.
Gracious vs. ruthless; kindness vs. cruelty. Proverbs tells us the end of each.
What are your thoughts today?
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The Old Testament passage today is so interesting. It's amazing to me that there were only two people left from when they counted the people in the Desert of Sinai - Joshua and Caleb. All the rest died. That's incredible to me. It's incredible that Joshua and Caleb were still alive. I wonder what it was about Joshua that set him as a better choice of a leader than Caleb?
ReplyDeleteThen in the case of Zelophehad's daughters . . . Moses could've just flat out told them, "No". Instead he addressed their request and took it to the Lord. He was a fair leader. One who relied on God's wisdom.
I was thinking about the Levites, too. Because of their position, they had to sacrifice a lot. In the passage today it talks about the fact that they did not receive an inheritance of land. It was a commitment being a Levite. I have always wondered if there were those Levites who did not want to be a priest?
Ranelle, I am without any wisdom to add to your questions. However, as usual I am moved by your ruminations.
ReplyDeleteFor some reason I got the feeling that being a Levite and a priest was a real advantage- a privileged... Instead of working for every bite of food, the Lord provided for them by allowing them to eat from the offerings (right? am I not remembering this correctly?). It always seemed like a more luxurious life... It never occurred to me that some might not want to be a priest, but now that you mention it, I can see what you're saying...
ReplyDeleteI tend to agree that having your living provided for you seems like something the Levites would like; but human nature says that whatever we have is often not what we want ("always greener on the other side") so I bet there were lots of Levites who didn't want the responsibilities or the privileges of being a Levite. And some of them probably WEREN'T appropriate for the job - like Eli's sons. I'm glad now that our pastors aren't just pastors because of their position in life. Almost sounds like a caste system, which doesn't seem to work for most people. I'd a whole lot rather think of them as individually called by God.
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