Consecration includes listening
Read in your Bible: Leviticus 7–8.
Leviticus 7 sets out responsibilities connected with offerings, and chapter 8 describes Aaron and his sons being consecrated. Moses repeatedly acts according to the Lord's instructions. The priests receive a role before they begin to exercise it.
Religious responsibility is received, not owned as personal prestige. Consecration includes submission to God's direction and care for the people represented. A public ceremony cannot make a leader exempt from correction, ordinary accountability or the demands of integrity.
Consider what you have agreed to do for others. Keep one responsibility carefully, especially when no one will applaud. If you lead, make it easier for people to raise legitimate concerns without fear of humiliation.
Related reading and source notes.
Read the Bible passage first. These notes identify related Ellen G. White chapters; a related reading is not a claim that she wrote this interpretation. Any direct quotations are marked separately. The explanations and applications are The Earl Project’s own.
1Patriarchs and Prophets · Chapter 30—The Tabernacle and Its ServicesPP, chapter 30
White's sanctuary chapter provides related context for consecration and priestly service as responsibilities carried under God's authority.
Read alongside: Leviticus 7–8
Read the original chapter on EGW Writings ↗A question to sit with
Does my responsibility make me more willing or less willing to be corrected?
Invite a trustworthy person to identify one way your service could improve.
Let us pray
Holy Lord, keep my service teachable. Help me honour entrusted responsibilities, welcome truthful correction and use every position to serve people rather than shield myself from accountability. Amen.
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An original interpretation from The Earl Project, written from an Adventist understanding of Scripture. It is not an official church publication. Read alongside the beliefs that inform these reflections. Scripture quoted from the King James Version. Ellen G. White sources are cited separately from The Earl Project’s original interpretation.