Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Everything 'devoted'

God told the sons of Aaron in Numbers 18:14 that everything 'devoted' in Israel belonged to them.

The ESV says "Every devoted thing in Israel shall be yours."
The GW (God's Word) translation says, "Anything in Israel claimed by the LORD is yours."

In Luke 15, when the wayward son returned to his father, the elder son became angry at the attention given to his sibling. The father turned to him and said:
Luk 15:31
(31) But he said to him, Child, you are always with me, and all of my things are yours.

Now, God also said this about the son's of Aaron:
Num 18:20
(20) And Jehovah said to Aaron, You shall have no inheritance in their land, nor shall you have any portion among them; I am your portion and your inheritance among the sons of Israel.

So we should ask ourselves the question. Do we want the land or do we want God? Do we want the stuff or do we want a relationship? I think that it's possible to be a saved child of God and never go any further than that. Someday, when rewards are passed out, we'll realize that we've won heaven. But is it heaven we want, or is it Him?

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