Please read Leviticus 27.
www.blueletterbible.org/nasb/lev/27/1/s_117001
Notice the repeated words value and valuation.
As you read, ask the LORD how much He values you.
Meditate on verse 2b.
When a man makes a difficult vow, he shall be valued
according to your valuation of persons belonging to the LORD.
When a man made a vow to God beyond his power to keep, he
could buy back what he had promised. The children of Israel promised to be
obedient to do all God commanded (Exodus 19:8; 24:3, 7). This was an impossible
vow to keep, and the LORD’s sacrificial system was the required payment for
those broken vows. Leviticus ends with the payment necessary to redeem
human life.
No human vow can dedicate you to the LORD. Rash promises are
vain attempts to get to God. What could even begin to redeem humanity?
You were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold
from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers,
but with precious blood, as of a
lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ.
—1 Peter 1:18-19
The blood of Jesus redeems your difficult vows, your
disobedience, your uncleanness, everything that makes it impossible to be
devoted to God. God values your life with the life of His Son. What an
appropriate ending to this book fulfilled completely by Jesus Christ!
Pray Leviticus 27:29 in thanksgiving for what Jesus did for
you and those for whom you stand guard as a faithful, prayerful watchman
(Isaiah 62:6-7).
“LORD, You were set apart among men, not to be ransomed,
but to be the ransom for many (Matthew 20:28).
You were surely put to death for ________ and me.
Thank You, Jesus~”
The WATCHMAN on the
WALL 2 ~ Dr. Ron and Marsha Harvell
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