Leviticus 1-4

God spoke to Moses His commands. Do this in this way. It impresses me that Moses simply had to speak the blunt word God had spoken to Him. There is no expectation implied that Moses had to explain or make it palatable. He just had to say: “This is God’s word. Believe it.”
All the offerings that the people were to bring had to be put to death before the Lord. That should also be true of our offerings to God today. If we give money, we should let it die in our minds as we give it away, not forever be meditating on our gift or what the church does with it (let your right hand not know what your left is doing). If we give time or energy or our bodies, we should in a sense allow those things to die to us, in that we truly relinquish ownership to the Father and His will. That kind of lifeblood needs to be splashed all over the church, not the blood of self effort, but the extravagant sacrifice of gratitude for a life redeemed by the blood of the Lamb. Such an offering is a sweet aroma. I am reminded of the martyred saints under the altar in Revelation, sacrificed in His service.
Sacrifice is a time to forget ourselves and remember what God has done, hence “memorial offering”. Our eyes come off us and follow the incense and the smoke upwards.
Nicky’s Mum makes bread without salt and it is so bland. Offering time should be tasty to God; genuine gratitude, genuine love, expressed in the stuff we stick in the bucket or on the altar
The grain is beaten. The animal completely cut up. On such a sacrifice come the oil and the fire. The sacrifices of God are a broken and a contrite heart. Can we offer ourselves as a sacrifice to be cut to the heart, and broken up by His convicting word?
Lasting peace is only possible in the context of sacrifice, laying down one’s rights and ultimately only possible because the only one with right to life laid it down
You shall eat neither fat nor blood: the health experts agree with their creator!
And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands on the head of the bull before the LORD: How important is it for leaders to live transparent lives, and to have accountable relationships where they can confess their sin?