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These daily devotionals are written to help you remain rooted and grounded in God's Word each day. We have one devotional for each weekday, and one for the weekend.
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Buried in the Sinews
Leviticus 3:16b-17
“All fat is the LORD’s. It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations, in all your dwelling places, that you eat neither fat nor blood.”The spiritual symbolism clearly deepens with God’s message here in Leviticus 3:16 that “all fat is mine,” yet so do the mysteries of its meaning. For starters, fat is not only beneficial to our nutrition but often delicious in proper proportion. That’s why the father in the parable of the prodigal son brings the fattened calf to the celebratory feast. That’s also why survivalist folk who live off the natural resources hunt bears and boars and even beavers, because the fat of these animals is essential for retaining metabolic strength. But beyond the particular dietary nuances of this law, do you notice how it essentially mirrors God’s prohibition to Adam and Even in Eden? Both the fat of these animals and the forbidden fruit tree in Eden are ‘good for food’ and ‘pleasing to the eye,’ which means there’s more here than meets the eye.
A problem faces us though. Whereas we understand that the forbidden fruit corresponds to the ‘knowledge of good and evil,’ we don’t quite know what the fat of the animal corresponds to. In other words, God doesn’t say, “Don’t eat the fat because the fat represents justice, which is Mine to partake of.” The blood aspect of this law is clearer though, since we recall from Genesis 9:4 that God told Noah after the flood, “Flesh with its lifeblood you shall not eat,” signifying that blood represents the sacred life of the creature. But the fat is less clear. This begs a question: what meaning will people pass down with this ordinance to their children and grandchildren for generations to come? For us today, if we partook of Communion on Sunday morning but didn’t know that the elements represented Christ’s Passion, or if we went down to the creek on Sunday night and witnessed new converts being baptized but were oblivious to what the water symbolized, what good would it do?
Friend, I ask that you join me in asking the LORD for wisdom over the next couple of days to discern what He desires to show us through this ordinance. Pray for deeper insight into the sinews of this body of truth and trust that we’ll know more by tomorrow than we understand at present.
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Cometh the Tide
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Better than BBQ
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Sabbath Psalm (A revision of A. Cleveland Coxe’s hymn, ‘O Where are Kings and Empires Now?”)
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Picture Perfect
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Pressing Onward
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Unwritten Prayers
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Blood on Our Hands
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Goodness: the Greatest Blessing
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Sabbath Psalm (Revision of Frederick Brewster’s hymn, ‘Lord God, Our Thanks to Thee We Raise’)
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Shimmering in the Fire
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On Holy Ground We Tread
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You, Me, and Other Gemstones
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Self-Sacrifice
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Faith, Worked Out
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Sabbath Psalm (Revision of Mary Ann Lathbury’s hymn, ‘Break Thou the Bread of Life’)
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Love—in Excess
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A Hand-Me-Down Art
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Gendered Language
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The Afterglow
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Moses and the Red Letters
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Sabbath Psalm (Revision of John Peterson’s hymn, ‘Holy Spirit, Now Outpoured’)
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Crime and Forgiveness
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Unbreakable
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On the Face of It
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The Distinguishing Mark
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A Plot Twist
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Sabbath Psalm (Revision of Frank Bottome’s hymn, ‘The Comforter Has Come’)
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Come Away with Me
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A Critical Departure
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Down with the Ship
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The Good Fight
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A Horror Story
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Sabbath Psalm 47 (Revised from John Peterson’ hymn ‘Jesus is Coming Again’)
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Come All Who Thirst!
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A Reassuring Truth
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What's On the Menu Today?
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Choices and Consequence
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What Have We Become?
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Sabbath Psalm 46 (Revision of John Bakewell’s hymn ‘Hail, Thou Once-Despised Jesus!’)
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When Adjectives Fail
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Epics and Epitaphs
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A Team Effort
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What a Guy!
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A Holy Touch
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Sabbath Psalm 45 (Revision of Thomas Kelly’s hymn ‘Hark! Ten Thousand Harps and Voices’)
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Name Your Price
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Amazing Grace, How Sweet the Smell
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A Most Fulfilling Prophecy
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Marked by the Blood
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Dressing the Part
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Sabbath Psalm 44 (Revision of John Peterson’s hymn ‘Open Wide, Ye Doors’)
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Facts and Feelings
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Priesthood: A Balancing Act
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Beautiful Glory—Glorious Beauty
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Lamplighters
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A Mobile Home
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Sabbath Psalm 43 (Revision of Giovanni P. Da Palestrina’s hymn ‘The Strife is Over’)
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An Open Door
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Gold Rush
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Practicing God’s Presence
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An Ark Like No Other
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A Heavenly Contribution
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Sabbath Psalm 42
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A Crackling Fire
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Picnic Time!
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There is a Fountain
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A Book Signing
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A Recurring Theme
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Sabbath Psalm 41
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Are You Listening?
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Almighty Love
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Got Justice?
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A Song to Share
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Fable of Farce?
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Sabbath Psalm 40
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A Revolutionary Idea
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The Avenger
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A Silver Lining
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Liberty by Submission, pt. 2
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Liberty by Submission, pt. 1
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Sabbath Psalm 39
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A Bit More Context
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Laws on Slavery (An Introduction)
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The Art of Worship
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A Deep Light
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A Word on Honor
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Blessed Rest
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What’s in a Name?
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The Law in Essence
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Further In
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Lead Me to Calvary
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The Gospel Call
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Supreme Court Justice
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An Intervention
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The Tie that Binds
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Coming Around
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Pitching In
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Strong as a Rock
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How Long, O Lord?!