I found my attention glued
to the daily and Sabbath offerings described in this
chapter.
Twice a day, in the morning
and at twilight, a lamb without defect was offered to the Lord as a burnt
offering along with some grain and oil. As a burnt offering fire consumed the
entire offering. I don’t know how long a burnt offering would burn, but I would
think it would burn for many hours. As the meat cooked and then charred, the
aroma would fill the Tabernacle… an aroma pleasing to the Lord (2). I’m thinking
that the aroma of the morning burnt offering would fill the Tabernacle until
evening when the second offering was made.
Thus, it seems that a
pleasing aroma of worship was before the Lord constantly in His
Tabernacle.
On the Sabbath 2,
additional lambs with grain and oil were offered.
I found myself thinking
about the offerings and equating or connecting them to my daily offering of
praise and worship to the Lord. First, I connected it with the imagery of Psalm
1, meditating on the law of Lord day and night. Then I contemplated my life as a
constant fragrant offering to the Lord, that my life would produce an aroma
pleasing to the Lord day and night (check out 2Corinthians
2:14)!
Finally, I thought about
the Sabbath as a double offering. Maybe I should double my offering, double my
aroma, double my time with the Lord on my Sabbath
days?
Lord, may my
life be a pleasing aroma to You. May the words I speak, the actions I live, the
thoughts I have, be captive to You and thereby be pleasing to You, my Lord and
my Redeemer. Amen.
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