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From: The Message/Remix: Solo, An Uncommon Devotional Day 13

God of the Asylum-City

Read
Read Numbers 35:9-15 without worrying about specifics; just try to understand the overall idea.  Here is a link to that reading in an online bible:

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Numbers%2035%3A9-15&version=NRSV

Think
God wanted communities to try suspected murderers justly in court, but he also planned “asylum-cities” as a refuge from would-be avengers until the trial could be held.  Spend time thinking about the God who is making himself known here. Jot down a few words to describe him.

Pray
For a moment, set aside this passage.  Check in with yourself -explore recent thoughts, feelings, and events in your life and how you’ve responded to them.  What’s primarily on your heart today? Is anything troubling you?

Bring your thoughts to the God who created asylum-cities.  Read the verses again.  As you do, picture God entering the room.  How do you relate to his presence? Share with him what you’ve been thinking if you can.  Does doing so make you uncomfortable? Why or why not?

Live
Think about what it’s been like for you to be with the God who is both a God of justice and a God of refuge.  Has it left you with questions or with new thoughts on how you want to deal with your sin in the future?  Make note of anything that seems significant.

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