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Dearest Lovers of God,
Supp on this:
The issue of virtue in dark times is rooted in this passage where God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. And God saw that the light was good. Then he separated the light from the darkness. God never said the darkness was bad He only acknowledged the separation between them. Someone posed this question, “what does light and darkness have in common?” and God responded, “They are equally divided.” Would you agree if I said, “In this place of beginning darkness lost its savor or its hold on light?” What prompted God to declare light’s preeminence over darkness?
Remember God did not make the sun and the moon until the fourth day. Also, remember, the earth already was when Satan and his third were cast out of heaven into it. And for good measure feast with me on this scripture: “But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.” You do recall when we were not a people don’t you, when we were pending in existence. The above is for meditation as we delve into the mystery of virtue in dark times. For the purpose of this writing I would like you to understand virtue as an immeasurable asset.
Now, let us enter into Micah’s house in the hill country of Ephriam.
Ready read…
There was a man named Micah, who lived in the hill country of Ephraim. One day he said to his mother, “I heard you place a curse on the person who stole 1,100 pieces of silver from you. Well, I have the money. I was the one who took it.”
“The Lord bless you for admitting it,” his mother replied. He returned the money to her, and she said, “I now dedicate these silver coins to the Lord. In honor of my son, I will have an image carved and an idol cast.”
So when he returned the money to his mother, she took 200 silver coins and gave them to a silversmith, who made them into an image and an idol. And these were placed in Micah’s house. Micah set up a shrine for the idol, and he made a sacred ephod and some household idols. Then he installed one of his sons as his personal priest.
In those days Israel had no king; all the people did whatever seemed right in their own eyes.
One day a young Levite, who had been living in Bethlehem in Judah, arrived in that area. He had left Bethlehem in search of another place to live, and as he traveled, he came to the hill country of Ephraim. He happened to stop at Micah’s house as he was traveling through. “Where are you from?” Micah asked him.
He replied, “I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, and I am looking for a place to live.”
“Stay here with me,” Micah said, “and you can be a father and priest to me. I will give you ten pieces of silver a year, plus a change of clothes and your food.” The Levite agreed to this, and the young man became like one of Micah’s sons.
So Micah installed the Levite as his personal priest, and he lived in Micah’s house. “I know the Lord will bless me now,” Micah said, “because I have a Levite serving as my priest.”
Question: Was the Levite worth his hire?
Scripture reference: NLT Genesis 1:3-4; NKJV 1 Peter 2:9-10, NLT Judges 17
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