Song # 2202 from Our Gospel In Song Collection by Col Johnston. We read in Malachi chapter 2 that the Lord is not honoured by the priests, except for Levi, so He will despise and humiliate them.
“If you do not listen, and if you do not set your heart to honour my name” says the Lord Almighty “I will send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings, because you have not set your heart to honour me” (Malachi 2:2). “Because of you I will rebuke your descendants (Malachi 2:3), “and my covenant with Levi may continue” says the Lord Almighty (Malachi 2:4). “My covenant was with Levi, a covenant of life and peace, and he revered me and stood in awe of my name” (Malachi 2:5). “True instruction was in his mouth and nothing false was on his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and turned many from sin” (Malachi 2:6). “For the lips of a priest ought to preserve knowledge, and from his mouth men should seek instruction - because he is the messenger of the Lord Almighty” (Malachi 2:7). “But you have turned away from the way and by your teaching have caused many to stumble; you have violated the covenant with Levi” says the Lord Almighty (Malachi 2:8). “So I have caused you to be despised and humiliated before all the people, because you have not followed my ways but have shown partiality in matters of the law” (Malachi 2:9).
Thought for today: let God’s word fill your mind, rule your heart, and lead your way.
Thought for the future: plan for your eternal future today, follow Jesus. Where will you spend your eternity?