Leviticus 8-10<\/a><\/p>\nDaily Thought<\/h2>\n
\u201cNow Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer and put fire in it and laid incense on it and offered unauthorized fire before the Lord, which he had not commanded them\u201d (Leviticus 10:1).\u00a0I\u2019m not sure what the fire was, but it was wrong.\u00a0So God sent his own fire, not to consume the offering, but to consume the offerers, \u201cand fire came out from before the Lord and consumed them, and they died before the Lord\u201d\u00a0 <\/span>(Leviticus 10:2).\u00a0God not only desires obedience, he demands it, especially from priests.<\/p>\nIn the movie\u00a0Hoosiers, Coach Dale had rules if you wanted to play basketball on his team.\u00a0One was “Four passes before a shot.”\u00a0By the end of the season, the discipline would make champions of the Hickory High basketball team, but early on, it made them boring, so one of the stars decided he knew better than the coach. He ignored the rule and started shooting instead of passing. He made some baskets. He got Hickory High back into the game. He excited the crowd. He infuriated the coach, and he got benched.<\/p>\n
Near the end of the game, a Hickory high player fouled out, leaving four on the floor. “You need a fifth,” the referee informed the coach, and the disobedient star, the only player available, jumped up, ready to re-enter the game.\u00a0Coach Dale sat him back down.\u00a0“My team is on the floor.”<\/p>\n
That’s what God said, with more emphasis (fire out of heaven and all that); “See those players who do what I say, they are my team.”<\/p>\n
“Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices,\u00a0as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold,\u00a0to obey is better than sacrifice.”\u00a0 ~1Samuel 15:22<\/i><\/p>\nDaily Prayer<\/h2>\n
Lord God, thank You for Your Word. It lights my path, and shows me how to live. It teaches me Your ways.<\/p>\n
God, I tell You I love You.\u00a0Let me show You, as well, by obeying everything You have taught me, by not only reading Your Word, but doing it.<\/p>\n
Amen<\/p>\n
Daily Question<\/h2>\n
How can people tell you are on God\u2019s team?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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