Lev. 3-4; Acts 25

27 “Aaron and his sons shall assign all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, all their tasks and all their service. And you shall appoint to them all their tasks as their duty. 28 This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of meeting. And their duties shall be under the authority of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

From our reading today we see God calls out the Levites to serve at tabernacle. Each person has a task to do. Paul says it this way Romans 12:4 "For as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function, 5 so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another.” We all have these gifts given by God for the benefit of the body of Christ. These gifts are to be used in service or as this scripture calls it the function. The ministry is not an option for a follower of Christ it is a calling. We have all been called to ministry. We have been gifted by God to serve the family of God, and to expand that family. God gave each family in the Israel nation a responsibility and when everyone was doing their job the nation functioned like clockwork but when people dropped the ball the entire nation paid the price. I often wonder what our nation would be like today if every Christian took God’s calling seriously and served in the kingdom. I believe we would be a greater nation with less crime, poverty and corruption. More people would be happy and most of all more would be saved. God changes people but he has chosen to use willing believers to do the work.

Rick