Life moves so fast.
Traveling 70mph on a country Colorado road.
Thinking about distance.
The Lord commanded Moses on Mount Sinai to tell the Israelites that they needed to bring their "oblations" to God in the wilderness. Don't wait until you get to the Promised Land. The wilderness. So what am I waiting for---things to get better? This offering is no small thing here. If we love Him, the offerings of our life will pour out. Leviticus 9:36. "Solemn acts of religious worship are not things which we may do or not do at our pleasure; it is at our peril if we omit them." Matthew Henry.Gratitude and gifts to God are not boxes to be checked off. There's something wrong inside of us if it doesn't flow. And 66LL talks about what is at the root of why we don't offer ourselves, our day, our family, our ministries to God. We are blind to see what the most lethal problem really is. Why are we so lethargic in our disciplines? Crabb says: "Distance from God" is responsible for every problem we have. He talks about how we assume that we are doing just fine while we run off trying to make our lives work.
I know what it feels like to be stiffarmed. What about the distance I've created because I don't think God is fair, or kind, or generous? What will I do about distance from God if I recognize it?
COME BOLDLY: Timeless Prayers
Perfect in Beauty are you God Who pours out of pearls. Psalm 50:2. Thank you for what you are doing in our lives to break up this running of our lives on separate tracks. Thank you that you will never stop pursuing us, even when we are distant.
PHOTO: Buena Vista, Colorado. A charming country road. Snapped out of my car window as I reflect on how fast life passed me by. Four adult children sitting next to me. Wives. Husbands. Doesn't look like I thought it would. Help me to make it what You want it to be.
I started to share a chart that I was making about the five kinds of offerings you could make in the tabernacle, but I found this on another website. http://www.biblecentre.org/images/topics/rkc_5_offerings.jpg Ultimately, each offering points to Christ and His Work on our behalf. Each is designed to answer our spiritual needs of forgiveness, peace, dedication, atonement, worship.
ReplyDeleteEach offering is a beautiful symbol, not because God needed any of it, but because it points to our answered spiritual needs through Christ Jesus.
Let us look to Jesus this day for every need, every grace, and live fully in that spacious grace-filled place which Jesus alone has provided.