Leviticus 11 - Praying God's Word

 

Please read Leviticus 11.

www.blueletterbible.org/nasb/lev/11/1/s_101001

Meditate on verse 44.

 

For I am the LORD your God. 

Consecrate yourselves therefore,

 and be holy, for I am holy.

 And you shall not make yourselves unclean

with any of the swarming things

 that swarm on the earth.

 

God gave the children of Israel laws regarding edible animals and those not to be eaten by humans.  God created inedible animals to clean the environment; some of the things they consume are not healthy for humans.  In Christ, there is freedom to eat anything God created “if it is received with gratitude” (1 Timothy 4:1-6).  However, if you are having health issues, obeying Old Testament dietary laws can be beneficial.

 

The LORD used the word “unclean” 32 times in Leviticus 11.  And even if you choose to eat a bacon sandwich today, there are still unclean things swarming the world that are detestable to God and should be detestable to you, too.  Ask the LORD to help you and your family discern unclean, detestable things and not be absorbed in the abhorrent.

 

Pray Leviticus 11:43-45 over yourself and those for whom you stand guard as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).

 

“LORD, may _________ and I not render ourselves detestable

through any of the swarming things that swarm around us.

 Do not let us make ourselves unclean with them

so that we become unclean. 

You are the LORD our God.  Consecrate us

and make us holy, for You are holy. 

Do not let us make ourselves unclean

with any of the swarming things that swarm the earth. 

Because You are holy, Jesus~”

 

 

 

The WATCHMAN on the WALL – Dr. Ron and Marsha Harvell