December 3, 2010 – Leviticus 1-2

The thing you notice is that the offering of a sheep or lamb must be a male without blemish.  What is the meaning of this.  It is because God wants our best.  The same was true with Cain and Able, here with the Israelites, and still today with us.  God must the best of what we have, not the stuff we have left over to offer Him.  That is why the distinction of asking for the male without blemish because that was the choicest one of the herd.  In order to sacrifice that one to God, you were trusting God to provide for you.  Do we give our best to God or do we hold back the best we have because we don’t trust Him to provide for us.  During this Advent when we are out spending and giving to others keep in mind what we are giving God.  Is it only what we have left over after everything else or do we look to giving to God first.