By Brand X
10th September, 2021

THE LAMP DEVOTION


Mal. 2:1-2; 7
And now, O priests, this commandment is for you. 2 If you will not hear, and if you will not take it to heart, to give glory to My name,” says the LORD of hosts, “I will send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have cursed them already, because you do not take it to heart.7 For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts. But you have turned aside from the way. You have caused many to stumble by your instruction. You have corrupted the covenant of Levi, says the LORD of hosts.

When establishing Israel as the covenant people at Mt. Sinai, God declared them to be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. To guide and lead them in this covenant relationship, He set apart the tribe of Levi to “bear the ark of the covenant” and to serve Him in tabernacle service. To this end, God made a covenant with the priests and the Levites.
The Levites were called to teach and administer God’s Law to the Jewish people, including the Laws of atonement for sin. However, their underlying primary responsibility in serving God was to bring the Jewish people close to Him. The priests were to attach themselves to the Lord through intimate prayer and service and attach Israel to the Lord by interceding and administering their sin offerings, making atonement and peace with God. This, they were not doing.
If the priests were failing to honor God, you can imagine the kind of followers they were leading. The honor of God would certainly be absent in the congregation. You don’t have to be a pastor to take this warning personally. This applies to all who mention the Lord’s name and say they are His. Be a true Levite. Stay close to God and draw others to Him.

Prayer
1. Thank God for the privilege of being his child with access to the whole counsel of God.
2. Pray that as a New Testament Levi, you will live a life that will draw others to God.
3. Father, please help me to represent You everywhere I go.

Declarations
I declare that all I am today as well as all that I own is by the grace of God. I am His steward and accountable to Him. I declare by the grace of God that I will honor Him above all and never cease to mention His name in all my victories and achievements in the name of Jesus.
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