Do As Your Told … by Gerald Hicks II
Today’s Passage – Leviticus 8 – 10 (Click on the references to listen to the audio – Click here to view the passage from Blue Letter Bible)
(Second Milers also read – John 3 – 4; Proverbs 5; Psalms 26 – 30)
Listen to this morning’s Scripture Song – Joshua 1:8
Read the “0205 Evening and Morning“ devotion for today, by the late Charles Haddon Spurgeon.
Read a previous post from this passage – “Strange Fire.“
“And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil, and a bullock for the sin offering, and two rams, and a basket of unleavened bread; And gather thou all the congregation together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. And Moses did as the LORD commanded him; and the assembly was gathered together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. And Moses said unto the congregation, This is the thing which the LORD commanded to be done.” (Leviticus 8:1-5)
The Lord gave a command for Moses to follow and he did as he was told.
“And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commanded that ye should do: and the glory of the LORD shall appear unto you.” (Leviticus 9:6)
Moses then explained to Aaron and his sons what God commanded him to tell and show them so they could follow suit, and what would be the result if they listened to the Lord’s command.
“And Aaron lifted up his hand toward the people, and blessed them, and came down from offering of the sin offering, and the burnt offering, and peace offerings. And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the congregation, and came out, and blessed the people: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the people. And there came a fire out from before the LORD, and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the people saw, they shouted, and fell on their faces.” (Leviticus 9:22-24)
The thought for this morning is to simply trust and obey the Lord God, Our Maker, Sustainer, and Friend.
Sounds simple?
But yet we make listening to Him more complicated than it needs to be.
Constantly hearing this is happening, this is going on, this is coming down the pike, look out for this not, knowing what’s true or not.
The feel of everything in our world, specifically our country, our churches Just feels strange, feels off balance, feels unknown, just wondering what’s going to happen next.
I want to remind you of a few things that we can never forget:
- Let’s never forget Who sits on the throne in Heaven above
- Let’s never forget Who’s not feeling strange or uncertain
- Let’s never forget Who ALWAYS knows the unknown!
One thing I keep coming across either from praying with others or just thinking from time to time
Is that right now as Christians , in this world right now, in this America we are living in: we need wisdom! God’s wisdom!
Every time I consider the word wisdom
I think of this acronym:
When
I
Stop
Depending
On
Myself
When I stop relying on my strength, my power , my abilities, my intuition and words and wit to figure out and do everything my way or what I think is the best way
And rely fully upon Him and His Words – applying His will to my life — those are the wisest options we have at our disposal!
We know our country is in rough shape but hey let’s pick ourselves up as Pastor Erickson says by our boot straps and keep pressing on — keep going — keep serving — keep doing what’s right — keep living for the Lord
4. Let’s never forget THERE IS A REMEDY
And His name is Jesus Christ!
this is a wake up call obviously the Lord knew we needed in America spiritually speaking — maybe to get us gospel centered — being more gospel minded — I don’t know
This is our time to wake up!
“Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.” (Hosea 10:12)
Does America need to hit Rock bottom? I hope not obviously.. but Maybe it’s what America needs! I have no idea and it’s not our job to try to figure out God — His ways are not our ways – His thoughts are not our thoughts – it’s our job to just listen and do as we have been told — trust and obey
5. Let’s never forget Who saved us and what He called us to do
That’s a living a Spirit led life
That’s getting the gospel out
How concerned are we really with these concepts?
6. Let’s never forget the Mighty God we worship
Praise Jesus!!
Aren’t you glad you’re saved!?
In the midst of the storms and distractions around us!
Aren’t you glad you have a calling on your life!
We have a mission!
Our Saviour saw us worthy enough to take on a task so awesome, so powerful — to tell people about Him!
Praise God!
Keep going.
Don’t quit.
Trust Him!
Posted in Devotions by Gerald Hicks with 3 comments.
Amen Br Hicks When we pray when we serve when we read the word when we go to church the word Forget will become dimmer and dimmer
Great reminder G. Thanks for the devotion.!
I love the fact that God is so orderly. I am really encouraged at seeing how God tells Moses something and he obeyed, which led Aaron to do something and he obeyed , which led the people to fall on their faces in the presence of God. Great reminders. Thanks.