Promise 7 from Leviticus 9:5-6

Lev. 9:5-6 - "So they took what Moses had commanded to the front of the tent of meeting, and the whole congregation came near and stood before the Lord. Moses said, 'This is the thing which the Lord has commanded you to do, that the glory of the Lord may appear to you!'" - After Aaron and his sons spent 7 days in anticipation waiting for the Lord to show up, then He appeared to them. At that point the congregation got to join in and stand in His presence and His glory. The Holy Spirit works in us individually and draws us closer to the Lord, but He also works through us corporately in drawing others to the Lord when we are obedient in relationship to Him individually, and we have "no issues." When there is nothing "pressing" to be dealt with between us and the Lord then the Power of the Spirit increases within us, which then positions us to draw others into His presence and glory. Bill Johnson from Bethel church Redding, CA says, "Public battles are won only after the private ones are." When there is nothing else left to distract us regarding our own righteousness before the Lord, then it frees us up to see clearer how the Lord is working in the lives of others. As we remain in His presence and glory, then others will be drawn to that as well. They will see the freedom that righteousness brings and the peace and joyful results that living in the presence of the Lord yields. Others will be drawn into His presence once we find a comfortable place in it ourselves.

Promise 6 from Leviticus 9:4b

Lev. 9:4b. - "For today the Lord will appear to you." - After Aaron and his sons waited, worshipped and prayed for seven days, they were told by Moses that on that 9th day the Lord will appear to them. I'm sure, by the 5th day in the tent of meeting that Aaron and sons were probably wondering if God even knew they were there, after all they were sitting in His "house" for all that time but they hadn't seen Him yet. After the instructed time was over (the 7 days) then the Lord shows up. Many people feel like God doesn't see them, hear them or care for them, when they pray to Him and nothing seems to happen. They don't hear His voice, they don't feel His presence and they don't see any results of their time seeking Him. This tempts many people to believe that either God doesn't exist or He doesn't care. To have faith in believing that He will answer prayers requires a prerequisite of faith to believe that He is who He says He is. It requires a belief that not only is He there listening to those prayers but He is also caring for what is being prayed, even though we don't see any immediate fruit of that prayer. To have faith in believing that God answers prayers requires the prerequisite belief that God is good All the time. It also requires that belief that the terrible things that happen are not caused by Him. So many people loose out on the blessings of God because they turn away in their blaming of Him. They accept an offence from God that should be an offence that belongs to the enemy of God. But people are deceived. Once people begin to truly believe that God is good all the time, and that He truly cares for them, the power of the deceit will fade away and the presence of the Lord will be seen. That is the promise.

Promise 5 from Leviticus 8:33

Lev. 8:33 - "You shall not go outside the doorway of the tent of meeting for seven days, until the day that this period of your ordination is fulfilled, for He will ordain you through seven days." - In the verse the word "ordain" literally means "fill your hands." After Aaron and sons were cleansed and their sins offered up, after they were consecrated into their positions as priests, then they were commanded by the Lord through Moses to not leave the presence of the Lord for 7 days, so that He may fill their hands. Way too often people in ministry go straight to work with empty hands thinking that the robe, tunic and accessories are enough. The identity of a true priest or minister goes deeper than what he or she is dressed in, true identity lives within the core of the heart. There is no way we can have any effectiveness and joy in ministry if we just walk into our positions wearing our robes and tunics representing diplomas and teaching and preaching experience. All that is just preparation for entering the tent, like to earn the ticket to get in the door. The best comes after the education, after the "doing" of church responsibilities, the best comes during the encounter, during the glory presence time with the Father. The best comes as we stop doing and just "Be" in His presence. That is when He speaks our identity into us, that is when He fills our hands with the Kingdom riches that are meant to be shared with those outside the tent. It is His desire to fill our hands, it is His desire to spend that precious time with us. How full are your hands today?