Gifts From God

 

I’m Duane Matz and welcome to Today’s Living Word.

 

Nu 18:6 "Behold, I Myself have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel; they are a gift to you, given by the LORD, to do the work of the tabernacle of meeting.

 

God is in the process here in Numbers of setting up His Old Testament church, and I believe we can learn from it today in the New Testament church. In a nutshell, Aaron and his sons were to function as priests, focusing on the spiritual needs and the Levites (gifts from God) were to take care of the physical needs of the church.

 

Think of the priests as doing the internal work and care of souls, and the Levites doing the external work.

 

So much more could be said here about God’s gifting of individuals to serve in His church, but for today let’s just zero in the statement, “they are a gift to you.” The they being the Levites, the you being the priests or pastors if you will.)

 

I want you to think about this when you sit in your pew on Sunday. Who ran the vacuum cleaner over your carpeting? Who lit the candles? Who prepared the elements for the Lord’s Supper? Who ushered? Who greeted? Who sang? Who accompanied? Who did the things that allowed your pastor to spend time in God’s Word as He prepared to meet the spiritual needs of the flock that God has placed in his care?

 

They are the Levites of the New Testament church. They are caretakers, they are gifts of God to His church.

 

The next time you bump into one of these servants! Simply thank them and let them know that you consider their efforts as a gift from God! And use it as an opportunity to ask yourself, “How may I help in service to my King?” How may I do the work of a Levite?

 

I’m Duane Matz and that’s Today’s Living Word