We know that while all the people of Israel belonged to God, the firstborn sons of every family held a unique relationship with Him. They owed God their lives. Why? On the night of the first Passover in Egypt, the angel of death sent by God only destroyed all the firstborn of Egypt from all men to all animals. But all the firstborns of the people of Israel were spared and their lives were not taken from them. As a result, all their firstborn sons belonged to God. He had a claim on them.
In
these three verses God told Moses He was making a claim for all the Levites to
be His own. They were taken to substitute for all the firstborn of Israel. Therefore,
God had the right to consecrate and have them serve Him doing tedious and basic
tasks around the Tabernacle. Their jobs might seem unglamorous, but we need to
think of it this way: any task for God, no matter how simple it may seem, is an
honor and must not be treated lightly or casually.
Here
is a thought. Every one of us who is a born-again believer is God’s firstborn.
It is said that God has no grandchildren. Everyone is the firstborn of God. No one
can claim to belong to God because of their parents’ faith and relationship with
God. Everyone needs to encounter Christ personally and make Him the Lord and
Saviour of his or her life to become a child of God. In that sense, all of us
are God’s firstborn. And in Christ, there should be no distinction in gender when
it comes to serving God. Male or female, all of us are called and gifted to
serve Him in some capacity. As we have said earlier each of us has a role to
play in the church. Through Christ, God has consecrated us to Himself to serve
Him. And we must give our best to serve Him. It is only right to do so.
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