Good Word for Today!

The Lord Be With You Today! Deuteronomy 33:9-11 He said of his father and mother, 'I have no regard for them.' He did not recognize his brothers or acknowledge his own children, but he watched over Your word and guarded Your covenant. (Moses continues to relay the Lord's blessing over the tribe of Levi and refers to an earlier incident in the life of the Levites near the beginning of their journey to the Promised Land where they chose to stand in service to God and against evil. When Israel turned to worship the golden calf at Mt. Sinai, the Levites stood with Moses and fought on the Lord's side, disregarding their extended, tribal family lines, and purged the camp of the enemies of the Lord. When those around us turn against the Lord, He calls us to stand with Him even when those closest to us forsake Him) He teaches Your precepts to Jacob and Your law to Israel. He offers incense before You and whole burnt offerings on Your altar. (As the appointed priesthood, with no inheritance of their own in the land, and eventually being spread throughout the land of Israel, the Levites were charged with teaching the law and with leading and conducting the corporate worship. Levi's inheritance, and ours, is the Lord Who calls us to model His ways and to offer intercession for those around us.) Bless all his skills, Lord, and be pleased with the work of his hands. Strike down those who rise against him, his foes till they rise no more." (Moses prays for his own descendants, that the Lord would bless and protect them. Since the Levites had no inheritance in the land of their own, Moses asks the Lord to remember their live of devotion to Him which is the work of their hands. This Levitical blessing and charge also applies to us. Though we may at times stray into worshiping the idols of our own making, He gives us the choice to stand again at His side and against evil. He charges us to reflect God's truth and to worship Him in holiness. And Moses' prayer for the Levites still holds sway over us today, that the Lord blesses the work of our hands and protects us from the enemy.) May the Lord richly bless you this day! In Christ's love, Blessings! Sally 513 254 3874

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