Leviticus 1:10 “ ‘If the offering is a burnt offering from the flock, from either the sheep or the goats, you are to offer a male without defect.
Today’s verses, especially the end of verse 13, bring Isaiah 55:8 to mind: “My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the LORD. “And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine.”
Leviticus 1:11 You are to slaughter it at the north side of the altar before the Lord, and Aaron’s sons the priests shall splash its blood against the sides of the altar.
Nothing about this description sounds pleasing, and yet, God finds the obedience and repentance, bloody and odiferous as it is, pleasing. His ways are far beyond anything we can imagine, indeed.
Leviticus 1:12 You are to cut it into pieces, and the priest shall arrange them, including the head and the fat, on the wood that is burning on the altar.
Precious Savior, Forgive me when I try to make sense of this world through my own idea of what makes sense. Help me to draw closer to You, to give You praise and glory, to trust You, even when You lead me on a path I would never choose myself. I am Your deeply, fiercely, completely loved child. Help me never to doubt that. Amen.
Leviticus 1:13 You are to wash the internal organs and the legs with water, and the priest is to bring all of them and burn them on the altar. It is a burnt offering, a food offering, an aroma pleasing to the Lord.
Have a blessed day.