" . . . [God] also made us sufficient as ministers of the new cove-
nant . . . "
As I read these words this morning, it dawned on me that the New Covenant church ministers look a lot different from the Old Covenant ministers. In the old order, only Hebrews could minister at the altar, and these were from one tribe (Levi). In the new order, God calls His ministers from all kinds of people groups, ethnicities, and races.
How can we ordinary people be made "sufficient as ministers of the new covenant"? Only by the grace of God. The same grace that saves us, is the grace that sustains us. May all of Christ's church--clergy and laity--be filled with the joy of ministering life in Jesus today.
[Puritan quote of the day: "As God has two places He dwells in, heav-
en and a humble heart, so the devil has two places he dwells in, hell and a hard heart." --Thomas Watson, in, "The Doctrine of Repent-
ance"]
