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Children Marked by Obedience

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“By those who come near Me, I will be treated as holy, and before all the people I will be honored.” Leviticus 10: 3

This verse follows the incident when Aaron sons disobeyed God and “… died before the Lord.” (Leviticus 10:2) My first response as a dad would be to say, “But that’s not fair!” However, we must realize that his sons were Priests and they knew what had been commanded regarding how/what to sacrifice before the Lord. The problem was that even though they knew the how/what, they chose to be disobedient by doing it their own way.

Most of us have the part of listening to God’s Word pretty much down. It’s the obedience part that doesn’t seem to make it all the way to our hearts. Peter writes to the Christians who were scattered all over the place, “So you must live as God’s obedient children……be holy yourselves also in all your behavior” (1 Peter 1:14-15). May our hearts desire to be obedient as we hear and learn His Word.

Father, please forgive me for my disobedient heart and show me how to not only listen to You, but also to live it out in obedience to You.

Dedicated to Prayer,

Dave Magelssen