“Aaron shall burn on it sweet incense every morning; when he tends the lamps, he shall burn incense on it. And when Aaron lights the lamps at twilight, he shall burn incense on it, a perpetual incense before the Lord throughout your generations." vv.7-8
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I was talking to someone about what it'd be like to be a priest with all the sacrifices you'd have to make and she made a comment that she couldn't stand the smell of all the dead animals. Maybe that's why there was the command to have incense always bring, both morning and at twilight? It's called a SWEET incense too, maybe to accommodate the sour odor. Parts of Aaron's job was tending the lamps and being the incense. This seems like simple task anyone could do, but this was more than just a janitorial but but a privilege in serving God. Especially when not just anyone was allowed in the Tabernacle. What tasks in your life do you take for granted where you could serve the Lord or someone else? I'm a Housekeeper at a camp and take all sorts of people/volunteers to help clean- a job almost anyone can do. But I keep a note on my desk that says, "If housekeeping isn't your ministry, I'll burnout." So how can you make a mundane thing in your life a ministry?
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