The Lord certainly has
everything organized! How to care for the Tabernacle is clearly spelled
out.
I found myself thinking
about the Kohathites, the Levite clan who was in charge of carrying the most
holy things of the Tabernacle. Because of the holiness of these items, the
priests had responsibility for packing and covering the holy items. Only after
the most holy items were packed and covered could the Kohathites carry them.
After Aaron and his sons have finished
covering the holy furnishings and all the holy articles, and when the camp is
ready to move, the Kohathites are to come to do the carrying. But they must not
touch the holy things or they will die...
(15).
The severity of that last
sentence hit me. God made the boundaries perfectly clear, only priests were
allowed to touch the holy things.
As I pondered this I was
launched into thoughts about honor, dignity and reverence for God. We don’t
speak about these attributes very often when we speak about how people are to
treat God. Connection with God has grown much more casual, except in some of the
more liturgical expressions of the Christian church. Yet ever their casualness
with the things of God is growing.
Some of our casualness with
God is healthy, allowing for a deeper more intimate relationship with the Lord
is possible. ON the flip side we have lost some (much) reverence and awe of God,
even a healthy fear of God.
Today’s reading has me
reflecting on this latter aspect and places and ways I can raise reverence, awe
and healthy fear up a few notches in my life and relationship with the
Lord.
Blessed be
the name of the Lord… his name is higher than any
other…
Holy, holy,
holy is the Lord God almighty…
Praise to the
Lord the almighty the king of creation…
Lord God
almighty I bow before You. You alone are to worshipped and glorified. You alone
are worthy of praise and honor… for You alone are God and I bow and submit to
You. Through Jesus, I pray. Amen.
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