September 19, 2022 – Daily Bread Devotional for Today | Monday Daily Devotions Reading

September 19, 2022 – Daily Bread Devotional for Today

TOPIC: The Bread of the Presence of God

SCRIPTURE READING: Leviticus 24:5-9

5 “Take the finest flour and bake twelve loaves of bread, using two-tenths of an ephah[a] for each loaf.

6 Arrange them in two stacks, six in each stack, on the table of pure gold before the Lord.

7 By each stack put some pure incense as a memorial[b] portion to represent the bread and to be a food offering presented to the Lord.

8 This bread is to be set out before the Lord regularly, Sabbath after Sabbath, on behalf of the Israelites, as a lasting covenant.

9 It belongs to Aaron and his sons, who are to eat it in the sanctuary area, because it is a most holy part of their perpetual share of the food offerings presented to the Lord.”

KEY VERSE: “Arrange them in two stacks, six in each stack, on the table of pure gold before the Lord.” — Leviticus 24:6

September 19, 2022 – Daily Bread Devotional MESSAGE

When someone wears a wedding ring, it shows that they have a distinctive relationship with another person. The ring is a constant reminder of a promise made, and it affects the behavior and identity of both persons in the present and in the future.

In some ways, the visible symbol of bread at the center of the tabernacle was like that: it was a symbol of the people’s life committed to the one true God. Though the book of Leviticus is not always easy to understand, it helps to know that the overall point of Leviticus is about God graciously providing a way for his beloved but flawed people to live in his presence, just as he lived in theirs.

READ: September 18, 2022 – Daily Bread Devotional: A Dream about Bread

Not long after God sent manna, bread from heaven, to his people in the wilderness (Exodus 16), God gave them these Levitical guidelines for holy living. In these ways the people could demonstrate their gratitude, awe, and worship of God.

Twelve fresh loaves of bread were to be on display on a gold table in the holy tent of meeting as the “bread of the Presence” (Exodus 25:30)—a visible symbol that God was present with his people. The bread was a covenant reminder that God had rescued his people, set them free, and called them to live distinct lives of love for God and for their neighbors.

September 19, 2022 – Daily Bread Devotional PRAYER

Lord and God, just as your people were reminded of your awesome, life-giving presence when they looked at the “bread of the Presence” in the place of worship, so may we remember your love and mercy. Amen.

Today Devotional written by Julia Prins Vanderveen; works and lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, with her husband, Trevor, and their three sons. Julia has served as a copastor with Trevor at a church in Vancouver. She is a campus pastor and a humanities teacher at the Vancouver Christian School. September 19, 2022 – Daily Bread Devotional for Today