Leviticus 22





  Good Tuesday morning. I was distracted as I started writing this. I am not easy to anger, but it does happen, and this morning is one of those times. I was given a special gift, it is a custom knife made by a regionally famous, successful custom knife maker, Blue Conoe Forge. It was never to go through the dishwasher, handwash only! Everyone in the house knew this but yet it still happened, and now it has a swollen handle, no longer matching up in size to the tang. It made me angry and thus distracted as I went before God for my quiet time with Him earlier this morning.

  I love my wife and will let this go because that knife was my responsibility, and just a thing, not a religious relic or something precious to God. I trust that she did this by mistake while tired or in a hurry, and I was probably the cause of either of those factors. I find that I am embarrassed about my outburst of anger when I found it in the dishwasher this morning. I burst out with harsh words, “SOB” is not something that comes out of my mouth these days, but it did, and rather loudly at that. Soon, satan started using shame against me, not so much for the words but the anger. But I confessed it before God in prayer, and now with you in this post. So now that my sinful behavior has been confessed before all, satan has no power over me with this! God forgives me, I forgive my wife, and hopefully you will forgive me too! I will share with the knife maker that I failed to protect this precious and special gift. You see, ultimately, it was my responsibility to protect this knife, not everyone else's. I should have hand-washed it and put it away myself. But I carelessly left it for someone else.

  I am not God, and I do not get to make demands of all in my household as if I am some “little god”. But our pride makes us think we are owed something like this. I have a very busy day today, and now I will be able to go into those things with a clear focus and understanding of this situation. I won’t be distracted in the multiple meetings on my calendar, satan’s plan to hold me in shame and guilt will not work!

  Now, God, on the other hand, can make demands on all of us; we don’t like hearing that, but it is true. He made us, and just as that knife maker made the demand of me to not run his knife through the dishwasher, God can make demands of us! The knife maker knew better than I what would happen, just as God knows better than us! So, as you read/listen to Leviticus 22 this morning and hear the review of the Levitical laws for the Priests, remember He made us and we are His, as were these priests. We should not puff up our chests in rebellion at His rules for life. We should dig into them and develop an understanding of them. But even if we cannot understand, we need to trust in Him as knowing more and better than we do as His children! Click the link to listen to Leviticus 22 for Today’s Daily Bible Challenge!

Talk with you soon!


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