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Discipleship Focus: Up
- Up: Up is the word we use for what we worship. If we are following God’s will, God will occupy the Up position. Our life, our identity, our mission, our family on mission is all derived from Up. This is why God needs to be in our Up position.
As we end the book of Leviticus, it is a great place to be
reminded of our true relationship with God.
Is He the source of our identity?
Is He the source of our values?
Is He the source of our authority?
Is His passion driving our passion?
Here at the end of Leviticus we see God placing value upon
people. In my theological commentary from
three years ago I speak about the difference between reading these words in an
eternal spiritual context versus reading them in the context of worldly
pursuits and worldly economics. But with
that point aside, the one thing that we hear quite clearly is that the things
that are dedicated to the Lord are more costly to redeem than the things of the
world. If you dedicate a sheep to God
and then want to buy it back from God so you could do with it what you wanted,
you would pay one fifth again plus the price of the sheep.
Is that really how we perceive our spiritual life? Is my time with God the most valuable time in
my day? Is my time in worship more
costly to redeem than my time of vacation or even my time of work? Is Sunday church something to cross off my
to-do list so I can get on with the day or is it a time to be valued and
prized? When God is truly in our focal
point of worship, His things and His ways dominate our life.
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