DAILY READINGS: 1 Kings 10; Jeremiah 18; Philippians 3 to 4:1
One [dish] of ten shekels of gold, full of incense. Numbers 7:14
When the Tabernacle was completed, the princes of Israel brought their offerings of worship. One golden dish full of incense was part of the required offering. This image reminds us of our own responsibility to worship. The dish was of gold, often associated with the glory of God. Thus we are to leave self aside and glorify God as we worship Him. It was also to be full of incense. No one was allowed to approach God empty (Deut. 16:16). Is your dish empty, or are you full of the incense of worship today? —K. C. Ung
With grateful hearts to Thee we sing,
Earth and heaven tell the story,
Of Thine eternal might and glory,
And all Thy works their incense bring. —S. J. H.