May the Lord bless you and keep you: Numbers 6:1-7:89
Widow’s offering: Mark 12:38-13:13
Do not be overawed when a man grows rich: Psalm 49:1-20
Fear of the Lord adds to length to life: Proverbs 10:27-28
Today’s passages from Numbers, Mark, & the Book of Psalms seem to reflect each other. Chapter 7 of Numbers seems kind of redundant. Do we really need to see the detail that each tribal leader gave during the consecration ceremony of the temple? Wouldn’t it have been easier to detail what the first leader gave, then simply say that the other 11 leaders gave exactly the same thing?
I believe what Matthew Henry wrote about it. He said that God inspired Moses to write it this way so none of the twelve offerings would seem to be greater than the others. Each offering to the Lord was good in the Lord’s eyes and not just a reflection on what someone else gave the Lord.
Likewise, in Mark Jesus pointed out that the widow’s small offering was greater than the rich man’s large offering because the widow gave all that she had. Again, the Lord doesn’t see our offerings to Him through the prism of how our offering compares to other people’s offerings.
And Psalm 49 says that we should not be overawed when a man grows rich. Yet again, it doesn’t matter how our wealth compare to the wealth of others.
Hmmm…That part in Mark 13 titled “Signs of the End of the Age” where Jesus talks about Christians being persecuted kinda grabs some attention. We live cushy lives in America. But that’s not the case everywhere. Don’t believe me? Check out some of the news articles below…if you dare!
Being a Christian in Pakistan
Being a Christian in China
Being a Christian in Eritrean
Being a Christian in Orissa
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