Today’s devotion comes from Leviticus Chapter 3. Here is a link to this Scripture – http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Leviticus+3&version=NASB
I quote the following verses.
“From it he shall present his offering as an offering by fire to the Lord, the fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails, and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, which is on the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which he shall remove with the kidneys. The priest shall offer them up in smoke on the altar as food, an offering by fire for a soothing aroma; all fat is the Lord’s. It is a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings: you shall not eat any fat or any blood.’” Leviticus 3:14-17.
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Today’s Scripture teaches us the importance of devotion. There should be things in our offerings that we devote, that is, commit or dedicate to God. These things should be set apart for God as in “all fat is the Lord’s. … you shall not eat any fat or any blood.’” Verses 16-17.
We see other examples from Scripture.
“you shall devote to the Lord the first offspring of every womb, and the first offspring of every beast that you own; the males belong to the Lord.” Exodus 13:12.
“‘Nevertheless, anything which a man sets apart to the Lord out of all that he has, of man or animal or of the fields of his own property, shall not be sold or redeemed. Anything devoted to destruction is most holy to the Lord.” Leviticus 27:28.
“Let your heart therefore be wholly devoted to the Lord our God, to walk in His statutes and to keep His commandments, as at this day.” 1 King 8:61.
“Also he commanded the people who lived in Jerusalem to give the portion due to the priests and the Levites, that they might devote themselves to the law of the Lord.” 2 Chronicles 31:4.
“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.” Matthew 6:24.
“But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.” Acts 6:4.
“Be devoted to one another in brotherly love; give preference to one another in honor; not lagging behind in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord; rejoicing in hope, persevering in tribulation, devoted to prayer, contributing to the needs of the saints, practicing hospitality.” Romans 12:10-13.
There are a lot of good things that we can do, but we need to be devoted to doing the most important things that God has led us to do.
There are general things to which we all should be devoted, and there are specific and different things to which each of us are called and gifted to specifically do.
Examples of the general things to which we all should be devoted are reading God’s Word, prayer, doing good to others in brotherly love, and worshipping and resting on the Sabbath.
For me, an example of a specific thing that I am called and gifted to do is to write these devotions.
For you, an example of a specific thing that you are called and gifted to do is something else.
“For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.” Ephesians 2:10.
“But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ’s gift. … And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ;” Ephesians Chapter 4: Verses 7 and 11-12.
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