Seize the Moment – Day 680
A Better Investment!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Wednesday, January 26.
Are you investing?
In Joshua 13:14 and 33, it was emphasized that the Levites did not receive an inheritance of land:
Only to the tribe of Levi he did not give an inheritance; the offerings by fire to the Lord, the God of Israel, are their inheritance, as He spoke to him. … But to the tribe of Levi, Moses did not give an inheritance; the Lord, the God of Israel, is their inheritance, as He had promised to them.
History would prove that the inheritance of Levi, who did not receive land, was far better, and more secure, than that of the firstborn Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh (7-32). Like Lot had done in Genesis 13:11, they chose as their own what appeared to be the best of the land, and like Lot before them, there were consequences to their choice:
Their territories had no natural boundaries to the east and were therefore constantly exposed to invasion by the Moabites, Canaanites, Arameans, Midianites, Amalekites, and others. And when the king of Assyria looked covetously toward Canaan, Reuben, Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh were the first to be carried into captivity by the Assyrian armies (1 Chron. 5:26).[1]
While the Levites had no inheritance of land, their inheritance of the God of Israel could not be taken from them and would ultimately be the only source of hope for the nation of Israel.
In Matthew 6:19-21, Jesus teaches His followers to make better investments:
Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal; for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
God bless you!
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FOOTNOTES
[1] Donald K. Campbell, “Joshua,” in The Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures, ed. J. F. Walvoord and R. B. Zuck, vol. 1 (Wheaton, IL: Victor Books, 1985), 356.