S(Numbers 8:25,26) And from the ages of fifty years they shall withdraw from the duty of the service ... they minister to their brothers in the tent of meeting by keeping guard ...
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This obsolete law still suggests an interesting principle: while people in their energetic prime are responsible for doing the work, the elderly still have significant roles. Normally, guards excel in physical power, but in the kingdom, their greater strength is in using their senses to evaluate health and risk. As these guards aged, they became more obviously dependent on spiritual insight over their natural hearing, sight, and force.
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This is a great reminder of the value of prayer over personal self-confidence. Sadly, the closing comments about the Old Testament priests showed that through their self-confidence, they chose to become deaf, blind, dull-hearted, and unhealed (Acts 28:25-28). Observing their poor example, I want to learn to be watchful and attentive to the Holy Spirit. I want to better discern people's heart and God's wisdom.
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Lord, I heed Your counsel to Your Church: I'm aware of my desperate condition when I stray from Your will and Your wisdom. I ask You to refine me as gold. Heal my ears to I recognize Your voice and anoint my eyes so I see Your image in people and Your works in my circumstances. Teach me to be a good, prayerful guard.
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