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When reading
through this chapter, there is a distinct emphasis on holiness. Things that are offered to the Lord are
holy. We should suspect as much. If the Lord is holy, then so should His
things. It also makes sense that those
things offered up to the Lord would be different, or holy, as well.
In addition
to being holy, notice that the value of something given to the Lord increases
in value. If you give something to the
Lord and you want it back, it costs more to retrieve it than its actual worth. Again, this really shouldn’t be surprising to
us. If something is given to the Lord
and made holy, then it should be costly to regain possession of it.
In our
modern world, though, I wonder if we see it this way? Do we honor the costly nature of God’s grace
or do we abuse God’s grace and take advantage of it? When we give gifts to God, do we ever designate
the way that the gift can be used and in so doing prevent God from truly having
control over the gift? Or worse, as we
designate our gifts we try to wrestle control of the gift back out of God’s
hand without paying a greater price and in so doing devalue what God has made
holy? Do we ever offer ourselves or our time to God and then go back on our
promises without considering the price to be paid for reclaiming what we had
promised to God?
In the end,
today we bring the book of Leviticus to a close. Within this book we have often taken a look
at God’s grace, His holiness, and His righteousness. I think that it is fitting to end this book with
a study and a challenge to consider what we give to God. We should be considering our promises to God,
our vows to His kingdom, and our gifts to His ministry as holy.
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