October 21, 2013
Good
Morning My Beloved Ones,
I pray that you feel as blessed as
you are, feel as loved as you are, and feel as special as you are.
Today I want to talk to you about “a
person of privilege”. Numbers, chapter
16, tells us about a man named Korah who gathered 250 of Israel’s most prominent men
to help him overthrow Moses as leader to take his place. Who was this Korah that he should attempt
such a thing?
Korah was a Kohathite. The Kohathites, Numbers, chapter 4 tells us,
were the only people in Israel who were permitted to
touch the most holy things in the tabernacle.
When the tabernacle was taken down so the people could move on, it was
the Kohathites who carried the most holy instruments including the Ark of the
Covenant which represented the very presence of God. This was a high honor bestowed upon a few
select people. Korah was a person of
privilege. But Korah didn’t view himself
as a person of privilege. Numbers 16:9
says he thought it a small thing that the God of Israel separated him from the
congregation to bring him near Himself for this special act of service. Korah didn’t want to serve. He wanted to be served. It was personal ambition in spiritual
clothing.

How did God Respond to Korah’s
rejection of his privileged position in order to gain personal promotion? He caused the ground to open and swallow
Korah and his family alive down into the pit and the 250 which followed him the
Lord burned up with fire.
Did you know that you are a person
of privilege, beloved one? The God of
the universe has separated you unto Himself for a very special act of
service. You (and I) carry the most Holy
instrument wherever we go. We carry the
Holy Spirit of God inside us (I Corinthians
6:19). We take not the box that represented the
presence of God as Korah did, but take God’s actual spirit with us everywhere
we go. This should not seem a small
thing to us, beloved ones.
It’s time we saw ourselves as people
of privilege. Recognize the honor that
has been bestowed upon you and put away any desire for personal promotion. Become content with who God has called you to
be and the role you play in His kingdom.
Godliness with contentment is great gain (I Timothy 6:6).
Privileged
to serve Him, your sister Raelynn