Read Hebrews 5:1–6
Every high priest … must be called by God. Hebrews 5:1, 4

When I became pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church in Covington,
Kentucky, it was necessary for me to go to the city hall and be bonded.
Otherwise, I would not have had the authority to perform marriages. I had
to show my ordination certificate and prove that I was indeed ministering at the church.

One day I received a frantic phone call from one of our members. Some
Christian friends were being married the next day by a relative from
Michigan, and they discovered that he was not authorized to perform the
ceremony! Could I help them? The visiting pastor could read the ceremony as well as I could, and he knew the couple better than I did; but he lacked the authority to minister.

No man could appoint himself as a priest, let alone high priest. The very
existence of a priesthood and a system of sacrifices gave evidence that
people were estranged from God. It was an act of grace on God’s part that He instituted the whole Levitical system. Today, that system is fulfilled in the ministry of Jesus Christ. He is both the Sacrifice and the High Priest who ministers to God’s people on the basis of His once-for-all offering on the cross.

Something to Ponder
What requests do you need to make of Jesus today specifically in regard to His High Priestly duties?