Wed.’s Devo - The Clean and the Unclean

Read: Leviticus 11:1-12:8; Mark 5:21-43; Psalm 38:1-22; Proverbs 10:8-9 God gave the children of Israel explicit rules about what they could eat and what they couldn’t eat. He wanted them to know the difference between what was clean and what was unclean. The word “clean” in the Hebrew was “tahowr” which means pure in a physical, chemical, and ceremonial or moral sense. The word unclean in the Hebrew was “tame” which means “defiled; foul in the religious sense; polluted”. *** It was either unclean from it’s birth or in its death. Things that were unclean from their birth were animals that didn’t divide the hoof or chewed the cud. Spiritually this would describe something that wasn’t stable (divided hoofs) and wasn’t meditated on (chewing the cud). We are not to let into our minds or bodies things that can’t be divided by the Word or that we haven’t meditated and prayed about. *** Another thing they were not to eat were fish that didn’t have scales or fins. Scales are coverings and fins help a fish stay upright in the water. We are to be covered with the blood of Christ and submitted to authority. Our fins are the Word of God and the Holy Spirit that keeps us upright in all that we do. *** They were not to eat anything that crept upon the earth or moved on its belly or that preyed on the dead. These all describe what Satan does. *** In Mark we read about a woman who had had a bleeding issue for 12 years and a dying 12 year old daughter of one of the rulers in the synagogue. To show that God cares about women both old and young, Jesus healed them both. Jesus told the woman who knew she just needed to touch the hem of Jesus’ robe that her faith had made her whole. He told her to go in peace. *** Jesus told the man who was worried sick over his dying daughter to be afraid and have faith. He told the people mourning her that she was not dead but just sleeping. The father’s faith contributed to her healing. *** Lord, may we have faith to believe you are our healer and our great provider. We put our faith in you.