Mature Manhood: The Mark of a Priest

As we continue our "Mature Manhood" series with this second installment entitled "The Marks of a Priest", our confidence grows as we are fashioned into a mature priesthood. This is the same process we see God using to form Levi into the nation of priests that is described in Deuteronomy 33. As we continue to examine this passage, in addition to receiving discernment, being tested through tension, and judging impartially, the Levites were marked by watching over God's word and guarding his covenant. This is the next phase of becoming mature men in the kingdom looks like for our body! Pastors Matt and Wade, along with Elder Eric call us all up to maturity with this word by challenging us to first mark ourselves with the surgically precise word of God. After truly "shamar-ing" God's word, starting in our own lives first then we add to that by guarding his covenant. This means that we both know what the Word says and how it applies to our lives, and we are gaining God's perspective on what his will is pointing us towards. Through this maturation process, we are growing to be able to connect what his word is instructing us to with what he's intending to do through his covenant. Meditate on this word saints! Guard over this word in your lives! Let this word change you and mature you, after all, this is Life Changing Ministries!