Yield 

This is a unique stretch of road in Chambersburg where there are two one-way bridges very close back to back. It’s not a very busy road, but I always pull up with a little bit of fear because, once you get past the first bridge, it’s hard to see if anyone is coming on the second one.

It doesn’t always make sense how it’ll work, but if everyone is willing to yield as much as needed, it all goes smoothly enough on those bridges. 

As I begin going through the book of Leviticus with a lot of Old Testament sacrificial practices described, I’m reminded that we need to yield to God. We need to yield to His plan of salvation and yield to His plan even when it doesn’t make sense. 

 

Leviticus‬ ‭1‬:‭14‬-‭17‬ says, “And if the burnt sacrifice for his offering to the LORD be of fowls, then he shall bring his offering of turtledoves, or of young pigeons. And the priest shall bring it unto the altar, and wring off his head, and burn it on the altar; and the blood thereof shall be wrung out at the side of the altar: and he shall pluck away his crop with his feathers, and cast it beside the altar on the east part, by the place of the ashes: and he shall cleave it with the wings thereof, but shall not divide it asunder: and the priest shall burn it upon the altar, upon the wood that is upon the fire: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.”

I’m sure a lot of that procedure didn’t make sense, but the sacrifices all point to Jesus, our perfect sacrifice. 

Many still can’t understand how Jesus’ death could pay for their sin, and I get that. But we do need to trust His plan instead of our own. That’s for eternal salvation, and it also applies to each day.  

Today’s Bible reading is Leviticus 1.