Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Something Smells Good
Leviticus 2:1 And when any will offer a meat offering unto the Lord, his offering shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon:
The name of this offering gives you the wrong impression. The meat offering was actually an offering in which there was no blood shed. It was an offering of flour, oil and frankincense. The flour would be beaten until it was fine with no lumps. Christ was our example when it comes to allowing suffering to bring God glory. I have come to realize that in my life, I sometimes take a few lumps, but God uses the lumps to remove my lumps! The oil is symbolic of the Holy Spirit, and pouring the oil upon the offering is a picture of the anointing. As we are sifted in this life, we become even better candidates for His anointing. Everyone that does great things for God has no doubt gone through a great many trials to receive the great anointing. Frankincense is a wonderful picture of prayer, and in the meat offering, all of the frankincense was burned up with some of the flour and some of the oil. When it comes to prayer, the Bible teaches us that we should always pray without ceasing. When I look at this offering, I see it as a surrendered life, a life of daily sanctification, increasing fellowship with His Spirit, and an ever growing prayer life. The name "meat" offering makes sense in the light of the words of Christ when He said "My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work. (John 4:34) If you feel as if you are being sifted today, I encourage you to let God use what's happening to you to become an offering with a sweet smelling aroma to Him.
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I pray that I to could have the mind of Christ and say that, "My meat is to do the will of Him who sent me, and to finish HIS work." Thank you Jesus that you know exactly what your doing and know how to work everything out.
ReplyDeleteWe go in our walk after accepting Jesus from the milk of the word. Because we are as babies when we first come to Christ, Then as we grow in the spirit we get fed with the meat of the word , as we grow and can handle what God has for us. Annointed with frankincense, what a sweet smell, but it was used literally in prayer. The oil shall be made as the word says to make it, Just as there is no substitute for Jesus , there should be no substitute for the oil. Yes I agree we are baked a little, lumped a lot, to grow in The Lord will. Even after a long walk with Christ- many years- still sometimes forget to pray first and seek Gods will first instead of what my natural mind tells me.Ken -But someday to be close enough to Christ where the things of the world just burn up and slide off with the oil as they come to me.
ReplyDeleteSometimes I wonder what suffering I must do for Christ. Usually I begin to worry which does me no good! I can only trust God with all of my heart,lean not on my own understanding and commit everything to Him. In return He gives me His perfect peace! My hope is in You, Lord!
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