MY DAILY COVENANT WITH GOD DEVOTIONAL
Devotion for Friday June 26,
2020
Topic: The Acceptable Sacrifice
Text: Leviticus 1:10 – 17
Those
who could not offer a bullock, were to bring a sheep or a goat; and those who
were not able to do that, were accepted of God, if they brought a turtle-dove,
or a pigeon. Those creatures were chosen for sacrifices which were mild, and
gentle, and harmless; to show the innocence and meekness that were in Christ
and that should be in Christians.
God,
in His law and in His gospel, as well as in His providence, considers the poor.
The underline principle is that the animal brought for sacrifice must not be
blemish.
These
are some characteristics of an acceptable sacrifice
1.
The beast to be offered must be without blemish.
2.
The owner must offer it of his own free will. What is done in religion, so as
to please God, must be done by love. Christ willingly offered Himself for us.
3. It
must be offered at the door of the tabernacle, where the brazen altar of
burnt-offerings stood, which sanctified the gift: he must offer it at the door,
as one unworthy to enter, and acknowledging that a sinner can have no communion
with God, but by sacrifice.
It
was on this premise Paul gave the injunction in Romans 12:1 that we should “Present
your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your
reasonable service.” The sacrifice we can make today is not that of
animals but of service which are acceptable to God. It must be motivated by
love and not by desire for reward or recompense.
Food for Thought: What does living sacrifice implies?
Memory verse:
Leviticus 1:10
Prayer:
Lord God, may my sacrifices be acceptable to you in Jesus name.
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