Numbers 28 -- The Tremendous Cost That Was NOTHING Compared To ...

What always stuns me when I read this is the sheer number of animals it took just to fulfill the minimum offerings to the Lord that the nation of Israel as a whole had to present!  What a terrible reminder of the cost of our sin! 

My commentary said that, not counting personal offerings and the lambs slain at each home during Passover, “each year the priests offered 113 bulls, 32 rams, and 1,086 lambs,” not counting gallons of flower, olive oil, and wine!  Yes, it was expensive.  Yes, God is more than deserving, and yes, it is all His anyway!

My commentary also notes “how thankful we should be that the ancient sacrificial system has be fulfilled in Jesus Christ, and that we have the privilege of coming into the presence of God at any time through the new and living way.  As priests of God, we can bring to Him our spiritual sacrifices, our bodies, people won to Christ, money and material gifts, worship and praise, good works, a broken heart, and believing prayer.”  It also challenges us to “imitate David and not give to the Lord that which costs us NOTHING.”

Father, You are so worthy of our offerings, and that’s why we give You our lives.  Help me never to complain about the cost of any offering, whether in money or time, because what You gave us when Your Son died on that cross was the costliest sacrifice ever.

Your Brother In Christ,

Gary Ford