In Numbers 18 and Deuteronomy 18, God lays out in considerable detail the "portion" or "share" of the Levites. At first glance it might seem as if the Levites were short-changed. Why don't they receive any of the fabulous earthly real estate that was eventually divvied up to the tribes of Israel?
In Counting Omer on Days #1-#3, we spent a considerable amount of time explaining God and His essence. Today, on Day #4 of Counting the Omer, we focus on His chosen people and their inheritance. They are his special vessels elected specifically to bring Him Glory in the Temple.
In America, the Democratic Party policy of "fair share" has always struck a discordant note deep within my psyche. I am cringingly reminded of a crying brat stamping his or her feet while whining:
"That's not fair!"
It is also the ultimate Marxist battle cry attempting to enrage the uneducated masses (dare I say proletariat?) to presume that somehow, somewhere they are being victimized by the greedy bourgeoisie.
Anarchists know that they must lay this groundwork in order to succeed with their plans to destabilize the status quo. They MUST sow seeds of dissatisfaction, which is simply a form of thanklessness. The Bible tells us to enter God's gates with thanksgiving. Thus, it stands to reason, that we enter Satan's gates or the gates of hell with our ingratitude.
For a moment, let me temporarily agree with this "unfair" premise. Life seems unfair in the earthly fallen realm. Atheists constantly use this petulant premise as evidence that God does not exist. Why do bad things happen to good people? The whole question is wrong from the onset. "Bad things" in the scheme of eternity have a very different perspective than what we might perceive as bad. "Good people" is an oxymoron. Mankind is fallen. There are no "good people" or "people of goodwill" without a complete inner obeisance and bondservant-hood to the One Who is Good.
And Jesus said to him, "Why do you call Me good? No one is good except God alone.
~ Luke 18:19
We are being led by these tyrants into bondage, as surely as they are falsely telling us to throw off our "chains." In the French and Russian revolutions, the stoked up masses were told to throw off the chains of a monarchy. Hitler told the Germans to throw off the chains of WWI financial penalties from the Treaty of Versailles. The Democrats yell:
"They're gonna put y'all back in chains!"
New day, different liar.
We are watching Western democracies implode after two centuries of increasing human secularism. Apparently, there is no such thing as "equality, fraternity and liberty" or "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" without God. Who knew? Islam is rushing in to fill the void. The Communism of the USSR has already imploded but sadly not fully recognized as the utter failure it is. Socialist Germany was wiped flat after falling under the spell of The Third Reich and broken into two. Why do we foolishly think somehow, we in "democratic" countries will be different?
We have magical thinking that, somehow, we are special. We will "imagine" something from our corrupt human minds that will work this time. God told us what happens when we start to "imagine" that we have a better system, a better idea, a better society than one structured around God.
And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have IMAGINED to do.
~ Genesis 11:6
Destruction of this Tower of Babel is not far up ahead. As surely as a slave trader dragged prisoners to the auction block, our souls have been captured by lies promising a better life away from our godly roots. IT'S NOT FAIR!--is our battle cry.
Here is what is unfair...that the innocent should die for the guilty. We are not getting our "fair share" when Christ died for us. He offered Himself in trade for our freedom. This is the deal of a lifetime. Lyrics from the rock band The Who come to mind:
I call that a bargain...the best I ever had.
Prayer:
Heavenly Father, we acknowledge Your Authority and You as the One and Only True God. You are the God of the Old and New Testament, the Rock of our Foundation. All other ground is sinking sand. In our insatiable quest for "freedoms" we have foolishly untied ourselves from Your anchor. Without You as the Pilot in Command, we now find ourselves tossed about on the raging sea of humanity without a clear direction. We REPENT and confess that we are unable to steer our own ship and we will soon find ourselves shipwrecked if we don't REPENT and TURN AWAY from the 4 National Sins of innocent slaughter, sanctification of perversions, removal/replacement of God Almighty in our public square and the betrayal of Israel with "land for peace" deals. We thought we could walk on water and instead find ourselves sinking rapidly. Please reach down Your Hand and pull us out so that the waters don't close around us. We pray this prayer in the Name of Yeshua, the ONLY NAME under Heaven and Earth by which men might be saved.
~ Amen.
