Friday, September 28, 2012

VOLUNTEER

Suggested Reading: Leviticus 1-2

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Inside the full-scale replica of the Tabernacle of Moses. In the distance, behind the Brazen Altar and the Brazen Laver, you can see the entrance to the Holy Place.

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Key Verse: Leviticus 1:3

If his offering is a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish; he shall offer it of his own free will at the door of the tabernacle of meeting before the Lord.

It was a bloody, awful place of death. The fires represented Hell. People make jewel encrusted ornate crosses for decoration, but we should not mistake the fact that the altar on which Jesus suffered the fires of Hell and death was not pretty. It was an awful place! Only the eternal, infinite God-in-flesh, Jesus, could take the sins of all of us and suffer complete isolation from His Father God as sin demanded. Only Jesus could take the instrument of the most horrible method of execution and turn it into the glory of the Cross.

The word “voluntary” emphasizes, with great clarity, the under-girding reason for burnt offerings. Jesus went to the Cross as a “voluntary” Sacrifice. The Cross was the place where an eternal settlement was reached between ultimate justice and the holy, without blemish, Victim. We should meditate on this, partake in communion with other believers, and read more fully today, if possible, Hebrews 10:1-25.

PRAYER FOR TODAY:

I confess my sinfulness to You, Lord Jesus, and I voluntarily give myself to identify with Your death on the Cross. Please help me believe and understand that I now live in the power of Your life. I’m Your volunteer for living for You. In Your Name, dear Saviour, I pray. Amen!

100 PERSONAL WORDS:

I’ll never forget the day at Expo ’92 in Spain when the Salvation Army band from Bristol, England, marched through the streets and played the hymn, “In the Cross of Christ I glory, towering over the wrecks of time.” That day, Sept 1st, was the day of honour for Saudi Arabia. The Saudis brought a 747 load of young men from their Imam training school in Mecca. They distributed 200,000 flags bearing the inscription, “Allah is God and Mohammad is His Prophet.” At the first intersection, the band had to wait for the Saudi trams to pass. Hell knew and Heaven knew the words on the flag in arabic and the words to the hymn the band played. “Would you be free from your burden of sin? There’s power in the Blood.” The second intersection where they met, the Salvation Army band got there first and the Saudis had to stop. To me the power of spiritual warfare was never so obvious. The Cross did “Tower” over the wrecks of time. The next day at our Crossroads Pavilion of Promise, there were not just 700-800 decisions for Christ, as was usual, but over 1200. Nothing else had changed on earth, but in the heavenlies the victory of the Cross had been clearly declared. The number of daily decisions for Christ remained at over 1200 for the remaining six weeks of the Expo. What had really happened? I think about this often.

Yours to encourage us all to voluntarily serve the Lord,

David

 

4 thoughts on “Friday, September 28, 2012

  1. No need for violence … there is nothing to prove! Our Lord is Love. We sing His praises! Those who slander His name are simply not in the light.

  2. Good morning, everyone. In my youth and even into mid-life, I never gave a second thought to taking the Lord’s name in vain. I never understood the eternal consequences of doing that. Today; I cringe when I hear people slandering and disrespecting God. They do not comprehend the seriousness of their utterances! The Lord has said: I shall not hold he guiltless that takes my name in vain! Lord Jesus, please forgive me and all who recklessly and maliciously smear and trounce Your Holy Name! Amen.

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