Ordination By Skewering

Soon, I will have to pass comprehensive and oral exams in order to be ordained as a pastor. You can imagine my intrigue in finding this passage in Numbers 25 in which Phinehas was ordained as a priest by skewering two unfaithful Israelites who were in the act of "worshiping" a pagan sex god (that means they were having sex, for the homeschoolers out there). 

I think I would rather take a test.

P.S. I was homeschooled and therefore have the right to make fun of homeschoolers. Ha!

Stressed About Circumstances?

This passage came to my mind again today during yet another worry-fest. I worry, as if God doesn't regularly fulfill my needs and keep me afloat in every fractured area of my life.

"Everything in the heavens and on earth are Yours, O LORD, and this is Your kingdom. We adore You as being in control of everything! Riches and honor come from You alone. For You are the ruler of all people. Your hand controls power and might. It is at your discretion that people are made great and given strength."

The First Book of Chronicles

Chapter 29 Verse 11