White As Snow
Today’s Reading: Numbers 12:1-15
Focal Verse: Numbers 12:14b
“…and afterward she may be received again.”
Miriam and Aaron forgot something important – it’s not about us. It is not up to us who God chooses to shepherd His flock. 1 Corinthians 12:18 says: But now God has set the members, each one of them, in the body, just as He pleased.
We are called to be God’s servants in whatever capacity He chooses. It is a dangerous thing, as Miriam would agree, to speak against God’s servants. Hebrews 13:17 tells us to, “Obey those who rule over you, and be submissive, for they watch out for your souls as those who must give account. Let them do so with joy and not with grief, for that would be unprofitable for you.”
God became angry with Miriam for stirring up more trouble for Moses and judged her by giving her leprosy. It is sin to cause dissension among God’s people, and both Miriam’s sin and her judgment was public.
As Aaron confessed their sin to God, though, Moses cried out to God for grace for Miriam. And God gave it. Miriam had to fulfill law as recorded in Leviticus 13 and 14, but then the Bible tells us that God said, after this time, “she may be received again.”
Miriam exchanged a body “white as snow” with leprosy for the grace that only God can give. Grace to erase our sin and make our hearts “white as snow” before Him.
Thank God for the leadership in your church. Ask forgiveness for any murmuring you may have done against them, and let Jesus wash you “white as snow”
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