Pray the Word with David Platt A Priestly Call (Leviticus 14:1–3)
Mar 17, 2026
A reflection on the priestly duty to tend the hurting and excluded. Short passages unpack how ancient cleansing points toward modern care for the shamed and outcast. Calls to move toward difficult places instead of isolating. Prayerful urgings to become instruments of mercy among exploited and unreached people.
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Priestly Ministry Is Our Divinely Entrusted Duty
- The priest in Leviticus 14 models ministry to the outcast as a divinely entrusted duty for God's people today.
- David Platt connects that priestly role to our identity as a royal priesthood with direct access to God through Jesus, calling us to minister to the despised.
Do Not Create Christian Bubbles
- Do not isolate yourself or your church in comfortable bubbles that avoid the dirty and despised; move toward need instead of retreating from it.
- Platt warns against creating artificial Christian bubbles and urges active engagement with outcasts and those struggling with sin.
Street Ministry Among Those in Prostitution
- David Platt recounts ministering on the streets among people engaged in prostitution to illustrate ministry to those abused and used.
- He describes looking at faces of people who have been used and abused and wanting to be an instrument of God's mercy to them.