Monday, November 7, 2011

Monday: W20

Training:
AM:
400 x pushups


Evening:
75 x goblet squat
75 x db swing
75 x good morning
75 x rdl

3 x 12 seated military press
3 x 12 hammer curl

Notes:
Sleep: 6 hours


Daily Reading:
Leviticus 1-4

1.) Facts:
  • This passage speaks of the rules of sacrifice for the Jewish nation when under the leadership of Moses. The rules for the burn offering, grain offering, fellowship offering and sin offering are all outlined in these 4 chapters.
2.) Lessons:
  • 1:3 - “‘If the offering is a burnt offering from the herd, you are to offer a male without defect.
  • 2:1 - “‘When anyone brings a grain offering to the LORD, their offering is to be of the finest flour.
  • 2:13 - Season all your grain offerings with salt. Do not leave the salt of the covenant of your God out of your grain offerings; add salt to all your offerings.
  • 3:1 -“‘If your offering is a fellowship offering, and you offer an animal from the herd, whether male or female, you are to present before the LORD an animal without defect.
3.) Applications:
  • Anytime an offering to Lord is made, the one common theme between all the different sacrifices is that what is being sacrificed is the very best, without defect. I can apply this to my life today by realizing that in order for my sins to be forgiven, I needed something without defect to take my place. Christ was my sacrificial lamb. His blood was a pleasing aroma to God that took the place of my sins and my past burdens. 
  • The Lord deserves my best. My sacrifices to Him must be my best for that is what He deserves.
  • I found it interesting about the importance of salt and adding salt to the offerings. It made an interesting parallel to Matthew 5:13-16, in which Christ speaks of the importance of salt in a beleiver and if something loses its saltiness it is good for nothing expect to be thrown out.
4.) Daily Meditation:
  • 3:1 -  you are to present before the LORD an animal without defect.

2 comments:

  1. I thought it was interesting to consider the theme of "without defect". In addition to the sacrifice of Christ, I also thought forward to what it looks like to live our lives as sacrifices to God. Am I giving my very best, without reservation (defect) to Christ? Or do I simply give whatever piece of my tattered soul is left at the end of the day? Where am I investing the best parts of my life and my being? What would it look like to fully trust God with my very best?

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  2. Great thought. I know for me it usually ends up being the latter. I give pieces of myself entirely to God but find it difficult to step out in complete faith and give my all. Trust and faith are such easy things to think and talk about and yet are so difficult to put into action because it requires that I give everything, my very best.

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