44 - "The World Recognizes Us As Returnable" Numbers 3-4

#59 Every man carried out his work as assigned but never looked into his own heart. Numbers 4:49. They did what was right in their own eyes. 

Numbered.  Assigned.  Appointed.  

The total tribe of Levi is in place.  The able-bodied soldiers ready.  The organization is impeccable.  "The Merarites were but 6200 in all, and yet of these there were 3200 serviceable men, that is, more than half."  Soldiers were called at 20.  Ministers were called at 30---an honor for those more in the prime of life. May we step into our calling even when the world may recognize us as returnable. 

One commentary said that "the least of the tribes had almost four times as many able men as the Levites, and some of them more than eight times as many.  And the application for today is that there are way more of those engaged in the service of this world and warring after their flesh than those who are devoted to the service of God and fighting the good fight of faith." Matthew Henry Commentary.  The road is truly narrow and the followers are few.  Walk the narrow road.

Remember us, O God.

And may we remember what we have done.

They all were counted.
Divine Providence. 
Each carried out a plan. 
Do I know that plan for my life?

"At the Lord’s command through Moses, 

each was assigned his work

and told what to carry." 

Numbers 4:49
God has a Divine Plan for my life.  May I find the stone to carry and not look at anyone else's stone---such an issue for me.  May I hear Your Divine Voice saying this is the way, walk in it.  May I know Your Divine Will for the next step of faith.  And by Your Divine Power, I will take it.

"And that's the story of their numbering."  Every man did what was commanded.  Every man carried out his work.  Every man died in the wilderness. Every man did what was right in his own eyes. "They never looked deep enough inside to see what was terribly wrong in their own hearts."  66LL

PHOTO:  Brookie with her kids in Thailand---what the world calls returnables. Never. They knew the love of God. Brooke looked into her own heart. She found God in the most beautiful of ways. 

  I cannot fathom mustering 600,000+ and yet, they fight the good fight with less than their neighbors.  And they maintain order.  And this is phenomenal.  And this is God.