The One Year Bible - Day 47

We are told in Leviticus 1 that the animals to bring for sacrifice should be without blemish. This alludes to the perfection required for an acceptable sacrifice, something personified in Jesus as the final sacrifice. It also however reminds us that what we give to God should be our best and our first-choice. In other words, if I spend 20 hours per week watching TV and 2 hours per week reading my Bible (more than some people do) then I am not giving God the first priority of my time and mind. Likewise if we choose to avoid church Sundays because we want to go out Saturday night and are too tired, then we are not honouring God with our first-choices which to be true to Him should be more like, "I can't go out late tonight since I have church in the morning". I don't want to be legalistic but the proof is in the pudding, we cannot say we are committed to follow God if nothing about our lifestyle and priorities proves this.