Promised Land after the
Babylonian captivity, he had plenty of money to buy animals for
sacrifice in the newly rebuilt temple (Ezra 7:11-17), but no Levites to
offer them (8:15).
This
reminds me of the situation in our own day. Grace churches frequently
have enough money to serve the Lord, but no men willing to offer their
bodies as “a living sacrifice” to God (Rom. 12:1). Will you be such a
man, willing to serve Him in the ministry? I’m reminded of the Lord’s
lament to men of God in Ezekiel’s day:
“Ye
have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the hedge for the house
of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the LORD” (Ezek. 13:5).
As
grace pastors retire and others go to be with the Lord, there
are always going to be gaps that need to be filled in the front lines of
the battle for truth. If God is speaking to your heart about
championing the cause of Paul’s gospel, why not say with Isaiah, “Here
am I; send me” (Isa. 6:8).
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