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SAA Notes
Grain offerings were often given in thanksgiving – i.e. they were offerings from your first fruits in the harvest. Only a portion was burnt on the altar. Most was given to the priests for their sustenance. Such were their memorials – transient reminders of eternal Glory.
SJA Notes
* Holy Father, Mighty God, thank You for Your word to us. Please teach us today.
“You shall season all your grain offerings with salt.”
Salt is incredibly important in our lives.
Think about how God has woven into creation itself the importance of salt.
It keeps things fresh!
Here God outlines to Moses the importance of salt within the grain offerings – That is should always be there.
“You shall not let the salt of the covenant with your God be missing from your grain offering;”
Don’t let salt be missing!
Jesus layers over this in His great sermon on the mount, in Matthew 5, where He tells us that we His people are to be the salt of the earth.
If we are to offer up ourselves as living offerings, and we are – Then let us be reminded to keep the salt of the covenant with our God seasoning our lives, keeping them fresh!
We are to never stop flavouring; our thoughts and deeds, our speech – with a knowledge and understanding of God’s love and mercy to us.
Of His great work in sending Himself to pay the penalty for our sin.
Let our living sacrifices, Romans 12, never lose their saltiness!
* Dear God,
Please strengthen us each day for the work You have in store for us.
Step by step please light our path with Your word. A lamp to our feet and a light to our way.
Thank You for paying the price Yourself for our sin.
Amen.