The Lord's work at 30, a vow and a blessing

In this morning’s breakfast (Nu 4:34-6:27) several things came from the reading. Whey they counted the Levites (which was by different ages than the census of the other tribes) only men age 30 (there’s my age again) to 50 were counted and were to take care of the Tabernacle. It says the Kohathite clan did work “in” the Tent of Meeting. It says the Gershonite clan did work “at” the Tent of Meeting. It doesn’t say anything specific regarding where the Merarites were to work. So it seems to me that these Levites had various jobs according to what tribe they came from and what God commanded them to do. God was very specific on the work they were to do and the articles they were to carry. The second interesting thing from this morning’s reading was the Nazarite vow. I have more question than anything. Why were they not allowed to drink fermented drink or even unfermented grape juice? What is this things about their hair? They were not allowed to cut their hair for the time of separation to the Lord, but when they were finished with that time they cut the hair “that he dedicated” and it was burned in the sacrificial fire. The final tid-bit form the reading is one of my favorite blessings in Scripture. God commanded Moses, Aaron and his sons to bless the people in this way:
“The LORD bless you and keep you;
the LORD make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you;
the LORD turn his face toward you and give you peace.”
And God said, “So they (that is Aaron and his sons) will put my name on the Israelites, and I will bless them.”
Jesus shines in this blessing. God’s “face” points to his presence. God directed them to build the tabernacle because he longed to live among them…to be their Redeemer. Jesus came and lived among us. John says, the “Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us” (literally he tabernacled among us). Jesus approached us face to face and he longs to live with his people and have a relationship with us. Furthermore, its through his blood that we can have “peace.” And this business of putting on the “name” of God. Jesus is the Name. He is the Name about all names.

Lord God, show us the work you have for us to do. Grant us wisdom and power to carry out our commitments to you and the commitments we’ve made to others. Open our eyes to work that You are doing and may we be a blessing to those around us. To Your Name be the glory.