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Numbers 16:48
So the people start to rebel. This rebellion was a serious attack, not only it is against Moses but also against God Himself. The earth then opened up and fire came from heaven to consume the 250 leaders. The next day, the sympathizers of the rebels started murmuring against Moses. They felt that Moses and God were too harsh to Korah and the 250 men. By criticizing them, they were in effect saying that they had more compassion than God. The Lord immediately spoke to Moses, “Get away from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.” A plague swept through the people and 14700 men began falling down dead. Aaron quickly took a censer, and with some fire from the alter, ran into the midst of the people and started making atonement for their wrongdoing. He stood between the living and the dead. And where he stood, the plague stopped. (Num 16:48-49).
Who was Aaron? He was just one man in the midst of a terrible plague that was killing the multitude. He was an elderly man who was too old to exert himself. He was a man who bore the scars of failure in both ministry and life. Yet, he ran to the altar, caught some fire and stood between the living and the dead. And where he stood, the plague stopped.
The essence of Christianity is simply loving God and loving people (Matt 22:36-40). If you are willing to go to God’s alter, catch the fire of compassion, and stand between the living and the dead in your community, you can stop the ravages of sin and death. Can one man make a difference? Aaron was a man of limited abilities. He was a man marked with many public failures. But when he caught the fire of compassion, he stood between the living and the dead and made the differences. With God’s compassion in your heart, you too can make a difference in your world.
So R U willing to make a difference in your life? R u willing to go the extra mile n get out of ur comfort zone to do God’s will? R u willing to be like Aaron making a difference between the living and the dead? Jesus said in the Bible to follow Him, u have to put aside all thing n carry the cross n follow Him… R u willing to give up all n follow Jesus? Cuz Jesus also said when u follow Him, anything u ask in His name, He will give it to u, as long as u follow Him, He will make u the head n not the tail, above and not beneath, n He will surely prospers u in ur gg in n coming out… This is the promises He gave, R u gg to believe in Him?