Read: Numbers 16:41-18:32; Mark 16:2-20; Psalm 55:1-23; Proverbs 11:7
Yesterday we read how the family of Korah rebelled against the family of Aaron. God opened up the earth and swallowed them. Now, a day later, we are reading that the people cried out accusing Moses of killing them. It is comical that they would blame an earthquake on a man! But then I think of all the times I blame things God is doing in my life on people who have nothing to do with it.
Since this whole thing had to do with the authority God had given the tribe of Levite, God decided to end the debate once and for all. God told all the leaders of the tribes to bring their rods with their names on them to the tabernacle. They left them there over night and God caused Aaron’s rod to sprout with buds, blossoms and almonds. God anoints who he chooses and it is not up to us to judge his choice. God sees what he can do with a man not what the man is at the beginning. We can all be thankful for that. We all start out raw and unpolished but through trials and tests we are sanded down to the vessel that God can use.
God chose the Levites as a gift to them. Our ministry that we are called to is a gift to us. The fact that we have been given salvation is a gift to us. I am so thankful!
Yesterday, in Mark we read that Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Jesus had followed the soldiers to see where they would put Jesus. They were the only ones mentioned that did this. As soon as the the Sabbath was over, they went to the tomb to anoint his body with spices. Instead of meeting a huge stone, they met an angel who told them that Jesus had risen and gone ahead of them to Galilee.
Jesus appeared to Mary Magdalene, the two men on the way to the country, and to the eleven disciples. He commissioned them to go and do the things he had done on earth. Then Jesus was taken back to heaven.
No matter how insignificant we think we are, we are important to God. God chose us first because he saw what he could do in us. All we have to do is yield.
Lord, help us to realize that we are so blessed to have the gift of salvation and our ministry. Help us to yield to you.
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