Aaron's sons Nadab and Abihu put coals of
fire in their incense burners and sprinkled incense over them. In this way,
they disobeyed the LORD by burning before Him the wrong kind of fire, different
than He had commanded. So fire blazed forth from the LORD's presence and burned
them up, and they died there before the LORD. Then Moses said to Aaron,
"This is what the LORD meant when He said, 'I will display my holiness
through those who come near me. I will display my glory before all the
people.'" And Aaron was silent. Leviticus 10:1-3
The wrong kind of fire—burning the incense
incorrectly. God had a plan and these two sons of Aaron’s didn’t follow the
plan. Poof! They were gone. God is serious. Do things my way…or you won’t be
doing that again. Not just do it my way…or not at all. Just follow the rules.
Makes you want to look very closely at just when, why, how and where God wants
things done His way. Aaron’s sons
took a short cut and burned the incense their way.
How do we take short cuts in our dealing
with God? Are we silent like Aaron? Do we use rote prayers…saying the same thing over and over? Do we not
take His commands seriously…and take His name in vain when we get frustrated or
upset? Are we truly observing a Sabbath day—and this time of Lent? Do we honor Him with our whole heart, mind and
soul, and love our neighbor as ourselves? Are we living the holy life that
God’s expects? He will display His Holiness to all who come near Him.
Prayer
~ Wow Lord, You were serious about doing things Your way in Your Tabernacle.
Everything belongs to You…so we need to do things Your way. Open our eyes and
hearts that all we do pleases and honors You.
Daily
Bible Reading: February 18 – Leviticus 16-18
(Revised and reused from
February 18, 2017)
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Photos by Mickey M. Hunacek. All rights reserved.
All
scripture quoted from the New Living Translation (NLT) unless otherwise noted.
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