0247. ONLY A SPOON!
ONLY A SPOON!
"One spoon of ten shekels of gold, full of incense"
Num_7:14.
Queen Victoria, when quite a little girl, was asked by Queen Adelaide, who was paying her a visit, what would be the greatest treat she could desire for her day’s enjoyment, and to every one’s astonishment she said she would like to clean the windows. In other words, she desired to be useful.
In that long chapter in Numbers (chapter 7) giving an account of the gifts of the tribal representatives at the dedication of the Altar, brought apparently of their own free will, twelve times over we read that’ amongst the gifts dedication of the Tabernacle, brought apparently of their own free will, twelve times over we read that amongst the gifts were one golden spoon, full of incense.
"Only a spoon." "I’m only a poor, humble follower of the Lord, weak, without much ability-of what service can I be to my Lord!" Much, every way. Only a spoon! Yet spoons were, and are needed. Spoons are required "to stir" one another up, "by putting you in remembrance" (2Pe_1:13). If you are only a spoon, you can be:
I. A Presented One. Handed over to the Lord, to be at His disposal.
II. A Golden One. That is real, thorough, reliable, serviceable, valuable. In ourselves we are worthless; in Him we are golden-with the gold of imputed and imparted righteousness, the gold of the Divine nature communicated by the Holy Spirit in Regeneration.
III. A Full One. Filled with the Holy Spirit, and in consequence filled with incense-of prayer and communion
Autor: James Smith