Our previous meditation stressed the point that God is detailed and has procedures for everything. Let us return to this point again today with a slightly different emphasis. The whole of Leviticus 14 is devoted to procedures relating to leprosy, either on persons or buildings. The particular focus of this meditation is the latter. The procedure to deal with the plague of leprosy on a house begins with suspicion. If the owner of the house sees some darkened or reddened spots on his building he goes straight to inform the priest. At the order of the priest everything in that house must be vacated, persons and all. After this the priest goes in for physical examination. He then commands the house to be shut for seven days; after which he returns again for another round of inspection before a further pronouncement is made.

God’s procedure is not what we can do in a hurry…God has different ways of making the truth known. What is important is to have a heart for the truth and be open to whatever channel God will use to communicate His mind to us.

The first lesson is the fact that following God’s procedure is not what we can do in a hurry. People are often carried away by the speed at which something is done; but God is more concerned with the thoroughness of the steps. The second thought is the fact that the priest having to make investigations at all before knowing the state of things with the house. Since God is all knowing, why won’t He just make known the status of the house at the very first visit? Well, God has different ways of making the truth known. Some truth will be communicated to you by revelation. Others will come to you through observation. And there are instances where you will need to set up experiments as in the case of the priest in this example. What is important is to have a heart for the truth and be open to whatever channel God will use to communicate His mind to us.