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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 1 of 5
Numbers 6:13-27
Scripture mentions several Nazarites: Samson, Samuel, Amasiah (2 Chronicles 17:16), John the Baptist. But the perfect example of a Nazarite was Jesus. Set apart for God before His birth, busy at twelve years old with His Father’s business, His consecration to God was total even to the death of the cross. Having come into the world, He was "not of the world" and remained a stranger to its feasts and to its joys (John 7:8; John 17:14). He never allowed family circumstances to impede His ministry (Luke 8:20-21). His dependence was constant (John 5:19). He was beyond the reach of defilement (1 Peter 2:22). What a model this dear Saviour is for us, in His pathway of complete devotion! A difficult pathway, but one at the end of which there awaited Him that joy of which the fruit of the vine is the type, and which He will share with those who will have shared His shame down here (end of v. 20; Hebrews 12:2; Matthew 26:29 and Matthew 25:21).
At the end of the term of his vow, the Nazarite offered all the sacrifices. To have taken our place here below with the perfect Nazarite truly allows us to feed on the various aspects of His work on the cross.
Vv. 22-27 crown the chapter by showing us that to set ourselves apart for the Lord is the sure way of blessing.
