Numbers 17-19

We are all priests. 1 Peter 2:5 declares such, with the authority of Scripture. But our being priests does not liberate us from our need for spiritual authority in our lives. We must remember that even among the tribes of Levi, the Levites had an order, a structure that was authority based. We all need leaders over us who we can trust, listen to, invite into our lives to speak openly to us about areas of our lives that need correction.

I fear that our political freedom and a cursory glance of Scripture has led many to the deceptive place of individualism. Ephesians 4 calls to us that we have no fulfillment apart from the Body of Christ, connected, dependent upon, submitted to, bound to Him and His children!