Read Leviticus 24
Background: God was all about having special days, weeks and years of celebration and remembrance, but He did not want His people to only think about Him or fellowship with Him at those times. He made sure that there was a daily reminder of His presence:
Key Verses: 1 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Command the people of Israel to bring you pure oil from beaten olives for the lamp, that a light may be kept burning regularly. 3 Outside the veil of the testimony, in the tent of meeting, Aaron shall arrange it from evening to morning before the Lord regularly. It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations. 4 He shall arrange the lamps on the lampstand of pure gold before the Lord regularly.
5 “You shall take fine flour and bake twelve loaves from it; two tenths of an ephah shall be in each loaf. 6 And you shall set them in two piles, six in a pile, on the table of pure gold before the Lord. 7 And you shall put pure frankincense on each pile, that it may go with the bread as a memorial portion as a food offering to the Lord. 8 Every Sabbath day Aaron shall arrange it before the Lord regularly; it is from the people of Israel as a covenant forever. 9 And it shall be for Aaron and his sons, and they shall eat it in a holy place, since it is for him a most holy portion out of the Lord's food offerings, a perpetual due.”
Thoughts: The Light is always on; God is always there ready and waiting, morning and evening and every moment in between. He also is constantly providing for all His people - all twelve tribes are equally represented before Him. He also promised to provide the daily needs of His servants if they were faithful. He is the same today as then.
If you're interested about the origin of the phrase "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth," make sure you read the second half of the chapter.
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