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| Levites Learning |
List all the men between the ages
of thirty and fifty who are eligible to serve in the Tabernacle. (Numbers 4: 3
NLT) “This is the rule the Levites must
follow: They must begin serving in the Tabernacle at the age of twenty-five.” (Numbers 8:24 NLT)
We live in a culture that is very
impatient with any delay. Although wait
may not always be a good thing, many of us want things yesterday. There is a general pattern in the Scriptures
in relation to training of God’s servants.
The preparation of God’s servants, unlike the processing speed of your
computer, is not based on the rapidity of the process, but the quality of the
product produced.
In the Scriptural references above,
there seems to be a five-year difference in the starting point of Levitical
service. Commentators tell us that
before their appointment as a Levite at thirty years of age, there was a
probation period where the skills and the wherewithal to serve in the
Tabernacle were learned. In the time of
King David, this phase lasted ten years where there was more to do; A mentoring
relationship is evident throughout the Bible.
Elijah and Elisha, Paul and Timothy, and Jesus and Peter, James, and
John are some examples. Matthew Henry
writes about the Levites, “they must learn before they teach, and serve before
they lead.”
Never despise the time or place God uses
to prepare you for his service. It is
time you spend doing things that others deem a priority that God teaches you
what it means to serve. It is the places
where you don’t want to be that changes your character. In the grand scheme of things, waiting may be
far more productive than doing.
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Ken
Barnes the author of “The Chicken Farm and Other Sacred Places” YWAM Publishing
Email: kenbarnes737@gmail.com
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Email: kenbarnes737@gmail.com
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