Numbers 10 :1-11 :23, Mark 14 :1-21, Psalms 51 :1-19, , Proverbs 10 :31-32
What God said to me – Have you ever been to a kid’s birthday party where the kids sang “Happy Birthday” as fast as they could – they didn’t really mean the words; they just did what they thought they had to do to get cake. Most of the time when people say a prayer before a meal it is not to entreat Me or to thank Me, it is a rote recitation so they can get to the meal. The Jews for the most part got to the point where their focus was on the ritual of burnt offerings and sacrifices rather than on Me – they went through the motions. David, however, understood that his sin was against Me and that the sacrifices I required was a broken spirit and a broken and contrite heart rather than physical sacrifices. My Son, Jesus, made it clear that the greatest commandments were to love Me with all of your heart and mind and soul and strength and to love your neighbor as yourself and that to do this was greater than sacrifice. So how are you doing? Has your church attendance or Bible reading or prayer time become rituals you go through because you are “supposed” to like the burnt offerings and sacrifices of the Jews or do you come eagerly to be with Me in fellowship