Numbers 28:2c …as an aroma pleasing to me.
This phrase is repeated over and over again in the passages
that describe the number of and frequency of the offerings the Israelites were
to make to the Lord every year. They had daily (morning and evening), weekly,
monthly, and yearly offerings. From
other scriptures we know that the pleasing aroma of those offerings was a
symbol of prayer, which reminds me of how often God wants me to be in a
prayerful position. Does that mean
prayer is to be a legalistic, regulated activity? Why so many offerings/prayers? I think the secret is in this phrase which is
repeated so many times throughout the books of Leviticus and Numbers in the
listing of the laws concerning those offerings.
God sees my communication with Him as something pleasant, something to
be frequent and sweet. He likes to have
that frequent communication with His people.
It is pleasing to Him.
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