Daily Devotions

Lev 10:1-2
10:1 And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not.
2 And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD.
Num 3:4
4 And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when they offered strange fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest’s office in the sight of Aaron their father.
Num 26:61
61 And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before the LORD.
A reminder that we are to do things God’s way all the time. What was the strange fire that these men offered? We do not know, only to say that it was something that God did not command them to do. (Lev 10:1) Something God did not want done, something that God did not want done at that time, or something done outside the order of God. Whatever it was they paid a price for it. It is to be a reminder that we are to do things God’s way. In our world today there are so many who claim to have found a better way of doing things, something different. That may seem to work for a time but it will be proven to be strange fire before God. Something that is outside the commands and order of God is doomed to failure and judgment of God. People don’t like that last word so much today but God is still holy and righteous and God still judges. We need to be reminded from time to time that we are to walk according to the Word and not the world. We are to do that which pleases God and not man.

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