Sufficiency in You They Find

Michael E. Wood
February 11, 2011

Leviticus 9:22-24, Then Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people and blessed them, and he came down from the sin offering and the burnt offering and the peace offerings. And Moses and Aaron went into the tent of meeting, and when they came out they blessed the people, and the glory of the LORD appeared to all the people. And fire came out from before the LORD and consumed the burnt offering and the pieces of fat on the altar, and when the people saw it, they shouted and fell on their faces.

This may seem a strange passage to some by which one might think to provoke unto good works and especially by way of prayer, and yet herein are found such glorious images of the beauty of Christ as revealed by His Spirit that the children of God cannot help but to desire Him, worship Him, and find themselves burdened that others know Him as well.

Knowing there is extremely far more in this passage than I understand or will speak of in this brief account, a few things to consider are the following:

Aaron as a representative of Christ, and Moses as a representative of God the Father and the law of God are seen entering the tent of meeting. From the eternal council of the God-head before the foundation of the world, it was determined that Christ, having fulfilled the Law of God perfectly, would offer Himself as the sacrifice by which the redeemed would be procured. By hindsight provided by the Holy Spirit through the New Testament scriptures we understand, that God has spoken to us in these last days through His Son, having caused us to see the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. When we see by faith that the fire of God’s justice of which we deserved, rained down upon Christ, and thereby vindicating God’s justice, and demonstrating the magnitude of His steadfast love for us, it causes us to fall on our faces before Him, and shout His eternal praises!

Jesus Christ being the same yesterday, today, and forever; transforms the deadness of our being into a fire of zeal for His glory, whereby we are enabled to offer up acceptable sacrifices of praise, adoration, and prayer unto God, Who has become our Father by His eternal Spirit.

Oh Father You know how reluctant we are
Because of our flesh with our sins infirmed,
And yet by Your Spirit You raise us up
By the Word of Your grace we are confirmed;
To know our position in Christ is sealed,
So boldly we come and trust You hear
Every word that we speak in sincerity
And know by His blood that we have Your ear.

Before we ask, You know every petition
And knowing You answer brings great delights,
But knowing we’re Yours is far greater still,
As the Father of mercies and Father of lights.
Oh draw us yet closer in true confidence
As You provide all You know and deem best
To show forth Your glory in this darkened world
As we wait upon You and endure every test.

Oh fill us with power to walk in Your Spirit,
Fulfilling not lusts but Your will in our time.
For life is so short and all that will matter
Is the praise of Your glory in all that are Thine.
Please use us to help by our true supplications
Those You have placed in our heart and our mind,
That they for Your glory be strengthened in spirit
And know all sufficiency in You they find.