Pastor Leon’s SOAP:  Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer
February 18, 2022: SOAP #4460:  Numbers 3-4; Acts 25

SCRIPTURE:  Numbers (NIV) 3:25 At the Tent of Meeting the Gershonites were responsible for the care of the tabernacle and tent, its coverings, the curtains…—and everything related to their use…. 30-36 … the Kohathite clans … were responsible for … The Merarites were appointed to take care of …
Numbers (NIV) 4:19  … Aaron and his sons are to go into the sanctuary and assign to each man his work and what he is to carry. …47-49  All the men from thirty to fifty years of age who came to do the work of serving and carrying the Tent of Meeting numbered 8,580. At the LORD’s command through Moses, each was assigned his work and told what to carry. Thus they were counted, as the LORD commanded Moses.

OBSERVATION: The task of moving the tabernacle across the wilderness was great.  It was too great for any one person.  So, the Lord broke it down into small pieces.  Each family was responsible for their assignment.  Each man age 30-50 had a responsibility. 

The responsibilities was similar, but each responsibility was different.  In crossing the wilderness, they did not all carry the same thing.  Each had to be faithful. 

For a big plane to fly across the sky, many engineers had to be faithful in designing their assigned responsibility.  One designed the engine, another the wind, another the landing gear, another the tail assembly, etc. The plane flies because all were responsible and faithful.

APPLICATION:  For the church to move across the world today, it takes many people being responsible for their assigned ministry. 

When I am faithful to fulfill my responsibility, God aligns it with others who are faithful to fulfill their responsibility.  Their responsibility is different than mine, but it works together with mine to fill in a part of the bigger picture in which God is glorified.  No part is too small or insignificant. 

And so it is with SOAP.  I carefully listen for what God is saying, type it out and send it over the web.  Others read and forward it to family and friends.  Others translate it and post it on the web.  Others print it out and pass it out by hand. 

PRAYER: Heavenly Father, you have designed your church so that each member, in small or large ways, has opportunity to demonstrate their love and commitment to you.  Amen.

Pastor Leon
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