A Blood Covering

In Exodus 29 God gives instruction to Moses on the process of consecrating the priests of Israel, Aaron, and his sons. I've read this before and have always found one part of the consecration process very interesting.

Exodus 29:20-21 says"Slaughter it, take some of its blood and put it on the lobes of the right ears of Aaron and his sons, on the thumbs of the right hands, and on the big toes of their right feet. Then sprinkle blood against the alter on all sides. And take some of the blood on the alter and some of the anointing oil and sprinkle it on Aaron and his garments and on his sons and their garments. Then he and his sons and their garments will be consecrated."

After one of the sacrifices, Moses is instructed to place blood on the right ear lobe, right hand, and right toe of Aaron and his sons. The Lord told me this was to cover/consecrate what they heard, did, and where they went in the sacrificial blood.

The Lord began speaking to me about the sacrifice of Jesus and the new blood covering for His royal priesthood. He told me that it is an entire covering of our whole body, obviously, its not literal. But He was showing me and teaching me that there is a process of consecration we as the royal priesthood must undergo. Along with the sacrifice of our lives, wants, and needs we must allow the Lord to cover/consecrate our whole self in the blood of Christ. All of our self must be consecrated not just some of our self.

Have you consecrated yourself?
Have you allowed the Lord to cover you with he blood of His son??

Surrender or Victory

When someone puts both hands in the air, one of the two things is being communicated-either surrender or victory. In the western days, people would say "stick um up" and the person would stick both hands in the air signifying their surrender. Or in the sporting events, when someone makes a game winning goal or shot or defeats and undefeated team or simply wins, typically people will celebrate victory with hands raised high above their heads.

There is a pretty cool story in the book of Exodus, chapter 17, where Moses and the Israelites encounter their first enemy, the Amalekites, since having been set free from Egypt. Moses sends Joshua with some other men to fight the Amalekites while he(Moses), Aaron, and Hur made their way to the top of the mountain nearest the battle. The 3 men noticed that when Moses' hands were raised in the air the Israelites were winning the fight but as soon as Moses let his hands down the Amalekites would take over. So, Aaron and Hur held up the hands of Moses until victory was sealed. How cool!?!?!

There are quite a few spiritual truths I learned from this story so I'm not quite sure where to start. I guess the first thing I noticed was that as Moses raised and lowered his hands, the outcome of the battle was affected. Now, I'm not saying that when we get into fights physically we should throw our hands in the air, but rather as we wrestle again the principalities of darkness we should raise our hands toward our Father in Heaven. Again, I don't mean physically
but rather spiritually, the posture of our hearts. Our hands/hearts should be raised to Heaven in surrender to God to bring VICTORY in our lives! Does that make sense?? The minute we let our hands down from worship and surrender to God, the enemy gains advantage. That was the second truth I learned, that we raise our hands in surrender and worship to God believing He will bring victory. The third spiritual truth I learned was the importance of having people around you to help you hold your hands up. After a while, Aaron and Hur needed to step in if they wanted to see Israel become victorious. I think it is equally as important to be available to those who need our help in sustaining their surrender and worship to God. However, we must notice that Moses held his own as long as he could. It wasn't until he could no longer hold his hands up that Aaron and Hur stepped in. But when our fellow comrades can no longer hold their hands up, I believe it is crucial that we step in and help each other out as much as possible!