The Holy and the Common

God Instructs the People of God

Listening for God in Changing Times:

Walk in God's Path

Leviticus 10:8-11

The Message

^8-11 God instructed Aaron: "When you enter the Tent of Meeting, don't drink wine or strong drink, neither you nor your sons, lest you die. This is a fixed rule down through the generations. Distinguish between the holy and the common, between the ritually clean and unclean. Teach the People of Israel all the decrees that God has spoken to them through Moses."

For Reflection 

I suppose this is the most difficult task that a Christian faces.  How does one distinguish between the holy and the common? Or, for that matter between the Godly and the culturally bound conventions of thought and action.  Christ calls us to become separated from this world.  We are asked to judge our own responses by the rule of love.  Ask yourself each minute of each day, "Does this thought or action belong in the Kingdom of God or the Kingdom of Humankind?"  Listen and follow the Spirit which resides within you.

Pray
that the God of love will guide the common place choices that we all make as life happens.  Pray quietly and listen to the Holy spirit.  Pray that you hesitate and think about the responses you make.  Pray for the wisdom to differentiate between the Spirit's call and the call of cultural convention.