Why a burnt offering? Why take a perfectly good sheep and roast it until it’s no longer good for anything except tossing to the side?
Exodus 29:15-18 talks of the burnt offering (different from the sin offering, the peace offering, or the daily offering). The burnt offering is to be cut into pieces, washed until cleansed, and burned until the whole thing is completely gone.
Why a burnt offering? It shows total commitment to the direction of the Father. It reveals that our heart is totally aligned with the will of Christ. It paints our actions with the blood of the Son and makes our actions clear to the world.
What result do we achieve? One readily obvious outcome is that we become infused with an acrid odor, one we cannot get out of our clothes. God smells something completely different. God picks up on intent, follow through, and the completeness of our actions. He is also assured of something else: The burnt offering is totally decimated. We can never pick it up and put it to use again. We’ve wiped it from our slate. It will no longer be there to hound us or remind us of our past. It will be gone, gone, gone.
What do we need to put on the altar as a burnt offering before the Lord? See if these fit the bill:
Our need to impress our neighbors with a new car...
Our midnight sessions on inappropriate websites...
Our Sunday morning fishing trips...
Our impulsive spending at the mall...
Or is it gluttony, alcohol, greed, selfishness, or ???
Exodus 29:42 says:
“This shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the Lord: where I will meet you, to speak there unto you.”
When we hold nothing back from God, his hand of blessing will be upon us and the generations that come after us. God will arise from his slumber, and he will meet us in our need. When we gift unto God that which he requires of us, we become treasures unto him. When our sacrifices unto him are released so fully that we cannot get them back even if we try, then we have truly stepped into the presence of the eternal God, and he will speak his words of peace unto our souls.
When we truly walk away from sin, it no longer has any hold on us.
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