Give It Your Best...

There are many great things to do in this life. Many great jobs, many great vacations, many great hobbies, many great sports to engage in, many great concerts to attend, many wonderful restaurants to enjoy, etc. etc. If we are going to get to the most out of this life, we must mildly engage in some things so we can save our resources and energy to ‘get it all’! Unfortunately, some take that attitude into their spiritual life…
“If the offering is a Whole-Burnt Offering from the herd, present a male without defect at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting that it may be accepted by God” ~Leviticus 1:3
The book of Leviticus has an important and repeating phrase in it, ‘without defect’. There is a huge lesson in those two words that we need to meditate upon. It would have been normal for an Israelite to save the stronger animals for the market and bring their lame and wounded animals to be sacrificed. After all, they are going to be burned anyway. But God didn’t want a casual attitude to develop and asked for their best animals to be chosen for sacrifice. These burnt offerings were the way one became restored to God in Old Testament days. This was important stuff, too important to be approached with a ‘left-overs’ attitude. Same holds true for today. To passively engage in our salvation so we can save energy and resources for hobbies and jobs and vacations reveals a deep ignorance in us. Our salvation is what will enrich us the most so…GIVE IT YOUR BEST! ~Verlon