Then have them make a sanctuary for me, and I will dwell among them. Exodus 25:8
Psalm 116: v. 15 Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.
Are you standing at your own Kadesh-barnea? Have you found yourself on the brink of the place for which God has long been preparing you? A Location? A place of Service? A Circumstance? A Position? Something for which you sense He has been preparing you for a long time? Now that you see God fulfilling His promise to use you and have gone through excruciating preparation toward that end, are you filled with fear? An overwhelming feeling of unreadiness? A sudden emotion that this may not be what you wanted? A little sorry you volunteered to go wherever and do whatever? Do you feel like a grasshopper beside the task? God will deal with those feelings and will bring them to a place of dismissal if you confess them to Him and invite Him to give you the courage to accept His personalized plan for you.
Day 2: Home to Jerusalem
Joshua told the people, Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do amazing things among you. Joshua 3:5
Imagine that. Throughout Joshua 7-18 the Lord's Army took one piece of land after another. It enjoyed the ecstasy of victory when it obeyed God in battle and the agony of defeat when it failed to follow its Victor. The land divisions began, and the Israelites settled into a strange land that God had called their own.
Day 3: The True Tabernacle
Before God breathed a soul into the first man, the blueprint for a Tabernacle had been designed --One that would somehow, someway miraculously encase the Creator of all the universe inside the parameters of human flesh.
Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepared for me; with burnt offerings and sin offerings you were not pleased. Then I said, Here I am--it is written about me in the scroll-- I have come to do your will, O God. Hebrews 10:5-7
The Word became flesh and {Tabernacle} among us. John 1:14
Day 4: The New Tabernacle
Do you not know that your bod is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20
A healthy, holy tabernacle provides the best environment in which a healthy holy soul and spirit can thrive.
Day 5: The Intimacy of the Holy of Holies
Blessed are those you choose and bring near to live in your courts! We are filled with the good things of your house, of your holy temple. Psalm 65:4
If you stop short of a willingness to fellowship in His sufferings, you stop short of the indescribable experience of His Holy of Holies!
Philippians 3:10: I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death.
My friend, how He beckons you. How he longs for you to enter through the veil He tore for you. We only have this one experience to know Him as mortals. We can live our lives on the outer perimeters of our salvation, in Christ but not with Christ, or we can accept the challenge to enter and behold His glory.
Ladies I hope you have gained so many truths from this study, that God spoke to you and showed you His truth! I have so enjoyed our journey together!
Have a Beautiful Day!
Christina
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