STANDING UP
Today's reading: Numbers 25-28
"Phinehas son of Eleazar and grandson of Aaron the priest turned my anger away from the Israelites by displaying passionate zeal among them on my behalf..." Numbers 25:11 NLT
Phinehas is known for standing up for the Lord, for refusing to allow sin to enter his camp and for having a fervor about what was right and wrong--and because he chose to live out his beliefs, he stopped a plague from completely wiping out the wandering Hebrews.
What might our godly fervor stop?
What might our desire to see God lifted up begin?
What might our godliness and excitement for worship change in our homes, our churches and our country?
Few of us have the same excitement for God that we have for a winning ball team.
Even fewer of us are willing to stand out in the crowd for standing up for the Lord.
But if we started to burn with zeal for God? What might happen? How many lives might be changed? How might our world turn around and take notice of the One who created it?
