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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 1 of 5
Leviticus 7:22-38
As a picture of the fellowship of the believer with God and with his brethren, the peace offering was the only offering in which each one received his part. God had His own part, that is the fat and the blood, which bring to mind His rights to our devotion and to the whole of our life. Aaron and his sons had allocated to them the wave breast and the heave shoulder (v. 34), types for the redeemed of affection and strength which appertain to Christ and His own. Finally, the worshipper himself found his sustenance there. And notice that the food of the priests was dependent on the peace offerings. The spiritual energy which the believer is able to deploy in the service of the Lord flows from the communion he enjoys with Him. The two epistles to the Corinthians confirm this. The first epistle is concerned with communion, the second has ministry for its subject. Our service will only be useful and blessed to the extent that we are nourished by the perfect sacrifice of peace offering, and as we, following His example, have yielded our body as a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God . . . (Romans 12:1). That is the secret, according to the same chapter, for proving "what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God" and being able to accomplish it with joy thereafter (vv. 3-8).
