Lev 6-7
Not much to say here. It might be interesting to do a deep-dive study on the sacrifices and their nuances. I don’t know that God would have given so much specific detail with no purpose, but the purpose is quite lost on me.
Mark 6:1-29
I can’t help but notice that Jesus did not do much healing or other miracles in His hometown, “because of their unbelief” (vs 6). This makes me think of all those other places where He says that faith the size of a mustard seed can toss mountains into the sea. Which brings me back to my faith. I feel like the man in Mark chapter 9 who said, “Lord, I believe, but help my unbelief!” (Mark 9:24b). I have 100% confidence that nothing is impossible for God and that He is good, but I do not have confidence that “anything I ask” will be accomplished (prayers answered).
Then I started wondering, why does this really matter to me? Is it the power that appeals to me? Do I desire it to make my own life easier or ‘better’? Or do I desire it to help and do good for others? Who am I to know when God can do more good through somebody’s adversity than by healing or removing that adversity? I guess ultimately I wonder, if I don’t have the faith to do some of the things that Jesus did, as His disciples / apostles did, am I really getting it right? Is the Holy Spirit really alive and well inside of me and free to use me as He wills?
I don’t have answers to any of these questions, and I doubt that there is much good in dwelling on them, as feelings of inadequacy never gained anybody anything. Moses felt inadequate, too, and God got angry with him for it. So I guess I just stick with, “Lord I believe; help my unbelief!” and do my best to live in communion with Him daily.