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Sanctuary….Those words first greeted me as I hurried my pace and made my husband and son did the same this morning…I’ve been hurt. Battered and bruised spiritually these past days. And I couldn’t wait to enter the Sanctuary…To be energized. To seek refuge. To be empowered once more. To allow Him to lead me. To obey…
The pastors’ s sermon this morning and all of the songs we sang brought up mixed emotions. Of goodness and feeling so blessed as we partook of His body and blood.
“We are clothed with His righteousness… When we approach His throne of grace, God sees Jesus’ righteousness on us, not our filthiness.” Those truth penetrated my heart. I opened my eyes only to find out I was the only one sitting and the rest of the family, standing and loudly singing.
“How come you didn’t tap my arm?” I asked my husband on my left side.
“That’s okay. I saw you in deep prayers and you were crying.”
“I know. Because I felt His awesome love. So deep. And I felt sadness at the same time. For those who don’t know His love,” I whispered as everyone’s voice drowned my words with their thanks and praises.
Oh, how so many people miss His desire to be with them. His wanting to live among the people. To be in their hearts. Those faces I met few days ago who were determined to end my job because they had the power and they thought they had the right decisions….but they haven’t met the One Who is the Most Powerful and the One Who has created us all.
Instead, some go to sanctuaries, rushing into worship and treating Him with disregard.
“Don’t think highly of yourselves but of others,” reminded our pastor.
I pulled a small tissue from my purse and wiped the drying out tears. But in my heart and my mind, as we prepared to leave the fellowship, I would be forever reminded of Who brought us out of Egypt, of Who gave us the sanctuary here on earth and in heaven…
“I will live among the people of Israel and be their God, and they will know that I am the Lord their God, I am the one who brought them out of Egypt so that I could live among them. I am the Lord their God.”
~ Exodus 29:45-46
Amen, love you.
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I had to stop reading at this point, before continuing. The pain of this truth came back to my own stomach.
Trust and Truth are inexplicably entwined, and when the Truth is distorted, Trust is most difficult to restore. It takes a broad brush of deception to do such internal damage to the spirit.
"I've been hurt with your hurt before too"
And it came back to me when you wrote of your pain.
It is proper to go into the Sanctuary, to heal, to pray, to restore that which has been damaged by those "holier than thou".
But there is another stance.
Imagine Lady Justice and the Scales of Justice she holds. If a weight is placed on one side of the scale, it becomes unbalanced. Only when a comparable weight is placed on the other side of the scale, does balance return.
In Greek, this is called Axios.
Many people think that the word we speak of is balance; not true.
When both sides of the scale hold equal, Axios occurs. Axios means "to be worthy".
Each side is "in worthy to the other side of the scale".
So you do what I did when a person trusted ny me, betrayed spiritually.
Climb up on the scale that is so out of balance, and let the Lord, slip his thumb upon YOUR side of the scale, until balance with HIM is restored. You are then, in Axios, with Christ.
The spiritual abusers of this world can not then touch you. You are "in worthy" anew.
Of course, with me, you have always been in Axios. :)
When rain falls from the sky, the water seeks the lowest point on the ground, and begins there, to fill up.
When God's love flows from heaven to his spiritually wounded sons and daughters on Earth, it, too, flows to the lowest spots first.
Enjoy the love from Him that is gushing down to your elevation. I send mine too.
You are loved.
Rosel, my dear sister in Christ, I continue to lift you up to the Lord in prayer. As Believers we have a big advantage of the saints of the Old Testament because we no longer need to go to God's Temple...it is now within us. We are the Temples of God and His Spirit is always within our hearts even when we are going through the valleys of life. But God's promise is that the best is yet to come. God bless, Lloyd
ReplyDeleteDear Rosel,
ReplyDeleteAs I read the title of your latest post on my blog's sidebar this morning, something was calling out to me - Click on it...read it now.
But I didn't want to read it in a hurry.
I was about to log off, and prepare to leave - I was on my way to the airport.
Now I'm here... I checked in early, and being in a comfortable spot here at Chaikofi... and three hours to go till boarding time, I opened your blog post... and read.
Tears welled up in my eyes too.
Yes, dear friend. He is our Sanctuary. No one else is entitled to be called by that special name.
You are safe, you are secure. Away from the blame and the pointing fingers, the angry words, and the betrayal of trust and confidence.
Run to Him, He is your Sanctuary.
I feel for you, I weep with you... but I know you are in safe hands.
Love
Lidj
Sis, if God is with you, who can be against you? Be strong and of good courage, for the Lord Thy God is with you. And thank you so much for this youtube, it has stirred something in me and I'll use it in my blog too, sooner or later. Thanks and God bless.
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