The Levitical priests—indeed, the whole tribe of Levi—are to have no allotment or inheritance with Israel. They shall live on the food offerings presented to the Lord, for that is their inheritance. They shall have no inheritance among their fellow Israelites; the Lord is their inheritance,as he promised them. (Deuteronomy:18:1&2)
It's not often the Lord says "No" to His people, but when He does, He always got a better plan which will supersede what His people asked for. The Lord didn't allocate any specific land for the Levites as an inheritance in the promised land. But, He promises them that the Lord Himself will be their inheritance. What else you would need when you have the Lord as your inheritance. It's worth nothing that we are called to be priests (I Peter:2:9) and this principle applies to us as well. The Lord Himself is our inheritance.
There are couple of other occasions when the Lord said "No", but made up for that by granting something more extra ordinary and superior. Even if I should choose to boast, I would not be a fool,because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, so no one will think more of me than is warranted by what I do or say, or because of these surpassingly great revelations. Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. (2 Corinthians:12:6-10) Paul was talking about His thorn in the flesh. His thorn is not any kind of sickness as many people perceive it to be, but the persecutions that he was facing because of the gospel. He pleaded for them to be removed, but the Lord refused and instead promised to give him sufficient grace, which is more than enough.
Jesus too wasn't spared, when He prayed at the Garden of Gethsemane, "Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done." (Luke:22:42) it wasn't answered or rather He got a "No" for an answer. Jesus humbly surrendered to the will of GOD and the Lord raised Him from the dead, reconciling the whole of mankind to Himself. We should be happy to trust GOD with His "No's" just like His "Yes'". He will never let us down.
Blessings!
It's not often the Lord says "No" to His people, but when He does, He always got a better plan which will supersede what His people asked for. The Lord didn't allocate any specific land for the Levites as an inheritance in the promised land. But, He promises them that the Lord Himself will be their inheritance. What else you would need when you have the Lord as your inheritance. It's worth nothing that we are called to be priests (I Peter:2:9) and this principle applies to us as well. The Lord Himself is our inheritance.
There are couple of other occasions when the Lord said "No", but made up for that by granting something more extra ordinary and superior. Even if I should choose to boast, I would not be a fool,because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, so no one will think more of me than is warranted by what I do or say, or because of these surpassingly great revelations. Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. (2 Corinthians:12:6-10) Paul was talking about His thorn in the flesh. His thorn is not any kind of sickness as many people perceive it to be, but the persecutions that he was facing because of the gospel. He pleaded for them to be removed, but the Lord refused and instead promised to give him sufficient grace, which is more than enough.
Jesus too wasn't spared, when He prayed at the Garden of Gethsemane, "Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done." (Luke:22:42) it wasn't answered or rather He got a "No" for an answer. Jesus humbly surrendered to the will of GOD and the Lord raised Him from the dead, reconciling the whole of mankind to Himself. We should be happy to trust GOD with His "No's" just like His "Yes'". He will never let us down.
Blessings!
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