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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 1 of 5
Numbers 8:15-26
Before being presented as a wave offering, the Levites were purified and sacrifices were offered for them. They were made to shave all their flesh (v. 7) and to wash their clothes. We have already met with these types in connection with the consecration of the priests and with the cleansing of the leper. They do not correspond to conversion, but to the work the Holy Spirit performs by means of the Word in order that believers remain pure. The razor is a type of the judgment we have to exercise over all that the flesh produces. For the servant, pride in particular grows quickly if the razor is not there to deal with its every appearance. Besides, when we have just washed, we do not like to put on dirty clothes. And, to serve the Lord, we need not only a good conscience, but equally an irreproachable practical testimony.
"After that" only, the Levite could do his duty (v. 22). Important lesson! Every trade requires a period of apprenticeship, of preparation. How much more so the Lord’s service. Before hurriedly commencing a work for Christ, allow Him to achieve that which by His grace He wishes to accomplish in us.
