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- In Numbers 4 Aaron is to assign each his task to carry out.
- We read in the New Testament about each having our own tasks to carry out:
- [Paul says] “I planted, Apollos watered, but God was causing the growth.
- So then neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but God who causes the growth.
- Now the one who plants and the one who waters are one; but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor.
- For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.”
- 1 Cor. 3:6-9
- Like those all working together to fulfill the purpose of moving the Tent of Meeting, Christians work together towards one purpose. All our different roles work towards the same end.
- Here’s a passage from Romans.
- “For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function,
- so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.
- We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift is prophesying, then prophesy in accordance with your faith;
- if it is serving, then serve; if it is teaching, then teach; if it is to encourage, then give encouragement; if it is giving, then give generously; if it is to lead, do it diligently; if it is to show mercy, do it cheerfully.”
- Romans 12:4-8
- We are one body and each have a purpose. Some have a heart for children, some for the elderly, some for missions, some for teaching, some for being a helper, doing the unnoticed tasks.
- Let each fulfill his task he was assigned. Someone not wanting to get involved in the thing your heart is passionate about isn’t a sign of un-Christlikeness; it’s a sign of someone who knows the task they’ve been doing and are committed to seeing it completed.
- We are for each other. We are co-workers together and co-workers of Christ. It’s His will and calling to one complete, mature body in Christ that we all work towards.
- It’s His eternal glory we’re after.