Numbers 1:47-53 The Levites weren't numbered for war, but surrounded the Tabernacle to protect and care for it. They did so for hundreds of years. It was only when Babylon (a Biblical symbol of Satan and the antichrist) conquered the land that the temple and its holy contents were looted and destroyed. There were times however, when the temple worship was marginalized and perverted by unholy leaders. When that happened, the whole people suffered.
That which is holy is also fragile, needing protection. Our souls, that inner part of us that corresponds to the Most Holy Place in the tabernacle, that place where only the High Priest has access, that part of us is so very vulnerable to being profaned. It is too easy to allow that which is unholy access to those parts of us that belong solely to God. As the tabernacle needed the Levites to protect it, so we need people who will help us protect those sacred spaces in our hearts and minds. Who or what are the Levites we've stationed around our eyes, our hearts, our minds, our marriages, our children, to protect them from those even within the camp who would pollute the sanctuary of our souls? I am grateful for the people God has placed in my life that help me guard the secret places of my soul, people who are ready to rush to those places where the Enemy is about to breach the wall, people who hold me accountable and call me back to who I am in Christ.
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