DAILY?READINGS: Gen. 1:1 to 2:3; Job 1:1 to 2:10; Matt. 1
So Manoah took a kid with a meat offering, and offered it upon a rock unto the LORD: and the angel did [a wonderful thing]… when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar. Judges 13:19-20
It was a simple gift. Yet in light of God’s transcendence and incomprehensibility, how could a young goat and a bit of flour mean anything? But it was from the heart and the astonishing happened—as the fire blazed, the angel entered the flame and ascended with the offering. As we offer heart-felt worship, the Spirit of God enters the flame, takes our feeble offerings and enriches them with the person of Christ. The feeble becomes infinite and a sweet savour to God.—S. McEachern
To all of our prayers and praises, Christ adds His sweet perfume,
And love the censer raises, its odours to consume. —M. Bowley