Genesis 27:1-46; Job 34:1-35:16; Matthew 14:13-36
Bring the tribe of Levi near … they shall keep all the instruments of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the children of Israel. Numbers 3:6, 8
Had we been asked to choose one of Jacob’s sons to undertake these sacred tasks, the last name on our list would surely have been that of Levi. His own father had said of him (and Simeon), “Instruments of cruelty are in their habitations … in their anger they slew a man” (Gen. 49:5-6). But there was a day when Levi positively answered Moses’ call, “Who is on the Lord’s side” (Ex. 32:26), and divine grace wrought a great change in Levi’s character and
brought him great reward. —Phil Coulson
Grace, grace, God’s grace,
Grace that is greater than all our sin! —J. H. Johnston