Leviticus 21:22. “He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy.”
BREAD OF HIS GOD. God is not unfair when He will not allow just anyone at all, To approach His altar with a perfect lamb, when on his God he calls. The priest who offers must closely match, the sacrifice he makes; What is given to God, goes through the priest by the position that he takes.
To the man who offers, he represents God; and to God he represents man. On the one side law; and on the other side grace - the design is by God’s plan.
God is perfect in holiness, and the sacrifice as well, the lamb is perfect to view. So, the priest who offers – as close as he can – must look like he’s perfect too.
The discrimination seems to some, that God is not acting in a way that seems right. Can a handicapped person help what is wrong, when all is not perfect or bright? The answer is clear: there is a work to do, no matter what might seem to be wrong; And I am called to do only what God allows, in the role in which I belong.
The Levite who served in the place and the way where, to serve by God he was called; Could eat of the food that came to that place; the food of His holy God. He was not abandoned or unimportant because he could not to the altar go. God was careful to place only the ones that He knew, could in type His perfection show.
We all have a work for our Lord to fulfill, and daily would go at each task. Though I have some physical defects, I am able to do what God in His wisdom asks. Limitations may come but there will always be some service to do for my Lord. And when hunger arises deep down in my soul, I can feed on His spiritual food.
The provision is there for each servant to eat, I’ll take what God gives with my thanks. The work of another doesn’t hinder what God wants – as for me, I’m glad for His grace. In the plans of His kingdom, I have a work and a place where I fit, if only I take; What God has allowed, and for me has endowed: my contribution here I will make.
“I thank Thee, O gracious Father, for allowing me a place to serve Thee in spite of who I am. There are failures and handicaps in my life and work, but I am grateful that I can still work for Thee and eat of the holy bread of God to sustain my soul. I give Thee thanks and glory, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.”