Mon.’s Devo - What to Eat

Read: Lev. 11-13
God gave them a description of the things that were good for them to eat. These were important dietary laws for their physical body and their spirits. They were not to eat whatever parted the hoof or was clovenfooted and chewed the cud. If you look at that spiritually, we are not to take into our spirit things that aren’t built on a firm foundation and haven’t been processed by meditation and prayer (chewing on).
The fish they could eat had to have fins and scales. Spiritually this speaks of things that are covered (fins) and have direction (fins). We are not to be tossed about by every wind of doctrine (Eph. 4:14).
The insects they could eat had to have four feet and legs and able to leap. Spiritually this speaks of standing tall on your own convictions. Insects that creep are those who swarm in groups and follow the crowd. Insects that leap has to do with loosing. In the Hebrew the word “leap” means to “untie, shake off, loose, undo”. That means they are able to loose themselves of the devil’s power. Ps. 18:29 says, “For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.”
Salvation is about the issue of blood. We get a transfusion of Christ’s blood when we are saved. Jesus died at the age of 33 so the cleansing came to Jesus then. He was no longer bound by his flesh. The maid child is the church. She has to go through her own “fellowship of His sufferings” which will take her 33 days. Add that to what Jesus did and it totals 66. This is my theory so it’s just food for thought.
Leprosy is a disease of the flesh. It stands for sin. If it gets under the skin and spreads it is like bitterness. If we can’t forgive it will spread through our spirit like a cancer and cause us to become spiritual lepers. Our bitterness will isolate us and make us unapproachable to others. People won’t want to be around us because our negative spirits affect them. To be clean we need to go to our High Priest, Jesus and repent and forgive the people we have held offense against. Then we can be cleansed.
Lord, help us to walk in balance and purity. Cleanse our hearts of any unforgiveness we might bear.