Day 36 with Moses: The Lord wants us to be His special kingly priests.

“Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth is mine; and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.' These are the words that you shall speak to the people of Israel."”

‭‭Exodus‬ ‭19:5-6‬ ‭ESV‬‬

When I was a little girl I remember that there was a cabinet in which my mother stored many folded aprons. Now, most people are familiar with the type of aprons worn on the chef shows; but these were “old school” aprons that tied at the waist and were made out of very pretty fabric. I guess you could say they were “Donna Reed” type aprons. For a period of time, one of my favorite things to do was to tie the waistband of the apron around my head, allowing the rest of the apron to flow down my back, and pretend that I was a nun. Now, my family was never Catholic; but I had seen nuns and I had heard that they were “married to the Lord.” That sounded very special to me and I wanted that.

So, the process of pretending to be a nun was always the same: donning the nun-apron and then staring in the mirror to see if I was “glowing.” From time to time I would conscript a cousin to share the experience with me and we would both stare in the mirror to see if we were glowing. Believe it or not, I think we did “glow” a time or two; at least we thought so.

I think that most people want to be special to somebody; for me, that somebody, was the Lord.

I realize now that the desire to be special to the Lord, probably led me to want to attain “perfection,” thinking that was what I needed to be to be special to Him.

Then, the realities of life made me see that perfection was not in my immediate future. Sadly, that realization led to fear in my heart and mind, thinking that somehow or another, my imperfect state would separate me from the Lord.

Thinking about it, I have always trusted Jesus as my Lord. I’ve always loved Him, and to be honest, I’ve never particularly struggled to want do the right thing. Even so, I was far from perfect and was yet to fully access the saving work of the One I so dearly loved.

One day the Lord clearly spoke to me saying, “Janet, you need to know you need a Savior, to have one.” What a thrill it is to know that our Lord chose us while we were yet in sin and gave Himself that we might be made perfect in Him; but that can’t happen as long as we are trying to “earn” being special to the Lord!

But wait, there’s more!

The Lord wants to make all who are His, priests, and ROYAL PRIESTS!

“you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.”

‭‭“But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;”

‭‭I Peter‬ ‭2:5 & 9‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

The Lord WANTS to make us special.

Today we find Moses hearing from the mouth of God that He wants to make His people “a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.”

When Moses took this to the people, they accepted the challenge that came with the offer: to be obedient to the Lord’s voice and keep their part of the covenant. It would prove, however, to be harder than they thought.

Please know, you are special to the Lord and can walk in that station by accepting that Jesus Christ has done for you, what you could not do for yourself. All He asks in return is that we obey His voice, while trusting HIS perfection to give us entrance into His royal abode.

Look at this part of Jesus’ description of Himself to John the Revelator:

“and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood, and has made us kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.”

‭‭Revelation‬ ‭1:5-6‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

For today let us discover what Moses discovered:

The Lord wants us to be His special kingly priests.

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