From head to toe

From head to toe

(Horatius Bonar, "Consecration by Blood", 1867)

"And he brought the other ram, the ram of consecration: 
 and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of
 the ram. And he slew it; and Moses took of the blood of it,
 and put it upon the tip of Aaron's right ear, and upon the
 thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his
 right foot." Leviticus 8:22-23

The tip of the right ear was the first place the blood was to
be sprinkled, denoting that his hearing was now set apart for 
God, and that he was to be ever in the attitude of one listening 
to God alone--hearing no words but His, heeding no instructions 
but His. Our ears are thus set apart to God. And if so, how wide 
open should they be to hear His voice; how thoroughly closed 
against all sinful sounds. 

The thumb of the right hand was the next place sprinkled, 
indicating the consecration of all bodily skill, and energy, 
and power, to the service of Jehovah. 

The great toe of the right foot was the third place touched 
with blood, signifying that his feet were to be ever ready for 
priestly service, that his limbs were to be employed for God, 
and their strength or swiftness solely dedicated to bearing His 
burdens or running His errands. Our feet are set apart for Him; 
let us run the errands of no other master, nor use our limbs in 
the service of the flesh, or the world, or the devil. 

The whole man, in all its faculties and powers of soul and body, 
was to be thus set apart for God. Our ears, our hands, our
feet, are thus wholly His; not our own, not the world's, not 
Satan's. As those who have died and risen with Christ, we hear 
Him always, and listen for His words and commands, ready to 
put forth hands and feet, every power and faculty of soul and 
body--in His service, to whom we are thus solemnly set apart. 

The whole man, from head to toe, becomes a sacred thing, 
dedicated to the service of the living God. As God's consecrated 
priests, His true Aarons, His true Levites, His true Israel--whether 
we eat or drink, or whatever we do, let us do all to the glory of God. 

Follow the Master fully. 

Give Him no divided heart. 

Serve Him wholly. 

Give Him no half service.