The Levites are cleansed for service, Psalm 91 shelters us in the shadow of God's wings, and Paul appeals to Caesar when Festus tries to please the Jews.
Numbers 8
📖 What are we reading?: The Levites are cleansed and purified to prepare them for their work in the tabernacle.
✞ What does this passage say about God? He sets apart those who serve Him, and makes them clean before they come near.
🛐 How does this passage teach us to live? Paul said in Romans 12:1-2 that we Christians should offer our bodies to God as living sacrifices. Perhaps we are not so different from the Levites in this way!
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➡️ The bigger picture: Numbers, written by Moses around 1400 BC, takes its name from the censuses of Israel and tells the story of the people's 40 years in the wilderness on their way to the Promised Land.
Psalm 91
📖 What are we reading?: The famous Psalm of protection! Some of you might pray this one every day. The last two verses contain wonderful promises from God for those who love Him.
✞ What does this passage say about God? He is our refuge and shelter, and in the shadow of His wings we have peace.
🛐 How does this passage teach us to live? Take comfort in these words today, and hold on to those last two verses.
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📝 A full devotion series based on Psalm 91
📝 A devotion on how Satan used words from this Psalm when tempting Jesus
➡️ The bigger picture: The Psalms is a collection of 150 poems and songs, written by David and others, expressing the full range of human emotion in response to God and to life.
Acts 25:1-12
📖 What are we reading?: Still the Jews can't prove their accusations against Paul. Festus wants to pacify them, and so, though Paul is clearly innocent, he is not released. Paul appeals to Caesar.
✞ What does this passage say about God? He is with His servants even when justice is delayed and they sit in prison.
🛐 How does this passage teach us to live? Pray for those who suffer for their faith, and remember that doing right does not always bring quick relief.
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➡️ The bigger picture: Luke's second book outlines the ministry of the early church - though it could just as well be called the Acts of the Holy Spirit, as He guides and grows Jesus' small movement into something that changes the world.
A Prayer for the Day
🙏 Lord, thank You that we can rest in the shadow of Your wings. Cleanse us and make us living sacrifices for Your service, and hold us steady when life feels unjust. Amen.
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