Numbers 28:3-4

3 And you shall say to them, This is the food offering that you shall offer to the LORD: two male lambs a year old without blemish, day by day, as a regular offering. 4 The one lamb you shall offer in the morning, and the other lamb you shall offer at twilight;

I heard a pastor give a sermon this past week on Leviticus 1 and was pretty amazed at all of the life application he got from such a strange passage. He started by pointing out how many of us when we adopt a Bible reading plan often stumble and get completely derailed by Leviticus. I have to admit, that has happened to me, but I have also read that book a few times and still don’t have a clue what it says. I am not proud to admit that, but it is the truth.

Leviticus 1 talks about the burnt offerings that the Isrealites were to offer God. I wish I had time here to lay out the entire sermon I heard, as it was quite good, but I wanted to just share one application that has been solidified with me today when I read Numbers 28. Do you realize that they were instructed to give two bulls, sheep, doves, or grain a day? They were to sacrifice once in the morning and once at night. Now we know that Jesus has made the final sacrifice for our sins, and that we no longer need to offer one, but I am impressed by God’s instructions here. And I do pause to ask myself, why twice a day and 4 times on Sunday if I am reading it correctly? Could it be that my sin is so great that I need to repent at least twice a day?

I don’t want to get too legalistic here, or suggest anything works based, but I believe that God is calling me to come to him in submission and repentance at least twice a day. I need to come to Him each morning to ask that He keep me from sin, and then confess my sins and ask forgiveness each night. I really MUST give God a larger place in my daily life if I want to remain IN Him.

Father, forgive me. Help me to keep from sin today and bring me to you throughout each day as I strive to live my life completely sold out to you.