Scripture – Hebrews 10:1-18
As believers it is important that
we not become distracted by the world around us that we miss the presence of
GOD. One of the most important books I’ve
read is, “Practicing the Presence of GOD,” by Brother Lawrence. The basic premise of the book speaks of the
possibility of being aware of GOD’s presence every waking moment of our lives.
Many believers give a couple of
hours per week to the LORD as we attend our worship services and we give
perhaps a few minutes of each day to the LORD in our “quiet time.” But for the most part we rarely think about
GOD’s presence and we totally miss GOD’s purpose for creating us.
From GOD’s perspective the most
important part of our existence is that we come to understand He created us for
Himself and He created us in His own image (Genesis 1:26-27). Every lust of our flesh is a broken longing
and yearning to embrace our true destiny . . . to embrace that which the Creator
wove into our deepest being.
The writer of Hebrews is teaching
us that the LORD enacted His final plan to redeem us, once and for all, in order
that we might finally experience the joy of completeness and fulfillment. By “taking away the first in order to
establish the second” the LORD is making us holy through the sacrifice of JESUS
CHRIST (v. 9-10). And by this “one offering He has perfected for
all time those whom He is making holy” (v. 14).
Holiness is discovering and
embracing that which completely and fully satisfies the lusts and appetites of
our flesh. It is not found in anything
temporal. It is not found in religious
moralistic values. It is completeness in
relationship with our Creator.
GOD created us in such a way that
there would be only one thing that would truly complete us and fill us. Only One Bread that completely satisfies . .
. only One Drink that fully quenches our thirst. JESUS is the Bread of Life and whoever comes
to Him will not hunger and whoever believes in Him will never thirst (John
6:35). Nothing else will satisfy the
hunger and thirst of our soul.
The appetites and lusts of our
flesh are simply manifestations of our deepest inner hunger and thirst for
experiencing all that GOD intended for us.
Hear GOD’s offer: “I, the LORD,
am your GOD, who brought you up from the land of Egypt; Open your mouth wide
and I will fill it” (Psalm 81:8-10).
Have you heard about a holy man
who has been doing incredible miracles and has confronted our religious
leaders? I hear he may be heading this
way! I wonder . . . .
JESUS is Risen . . . !
Richard Holloman
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