Shabbat Thoughts 2-2-13

I just thought I would share some of my gleanings from my time with the Father today.  I hope you are blessed by it in some small way.

Exodus 19:6 caught my attention; “and you will be to me a kingdom of priests, my holy nation.” 

How prophetic – for we are living in these very times.  The very moment the Messiah died on the cross for our sin, the veil was torn and because the blood of our Savior covers our sin and makes us white as snow, we are welcomed to the throne of the Father!  There is no longer a need for one man to offer prayers and sacrifices on your behalf because the PERFECT MAN has done that for you, once and for all time! 

As I read on and read once again the Ten Commandments – it resonates within me that this foundation of instruction is a fountain from which rich knowledge pours forth.

Exodus 20:24 …..build altars in the places I remind you where I am, and I will come and bless you there.

While in the past the alter was a place for the sacrificial system that was put aside with the sacrifice of the Messiah – 1 Corinthians 6:19 tells us; “Or do you not know that your body is the Dwelling Place of the Set-apart Spirit who is in you, which you have from Elohim, and you are not your own?  1Co 6:20  For you were bought with a price, therefore esteem Elohim in your body and in your spirit,¹ which are of Elohim. 

Bought with a price…..the price of His Son!  A price that no tag can be put upon!  A price so painful, it is unimaginable.  A price paid because I am loved. 

Therefore esteem your Father in body and in your spirit.  How do I do that?  By obeying the Torah (the Father’s instructions and commandments) and walking out my faith in this world.   

A Scriptural example for walking out my faith is to exhibit the fruit of the Spirit:

Gal 5:22  But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, trustworthiness,

Gal 5:23  gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no Law (Torah/Instruction).

Gal 5:24  And those who are of Messiah have impaled the flesh with its passions and the desires.

Gal 5:25  If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

Gal 5:26  Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another. 

When we realize just how short we all fall from being the holy people the Father wants us to be, it should break our hearts.  We may look around at others in our lives and desire to be closer to the Father as they seem to be – but remember this; In one sense it is good to desire and be encouraged by the walk of our fellow brothers and sisters in Messiah – However, we must also be mindful that we all come to different levels of spiritual maturity at different times in our lives.  Until we are resurrected we all come to the throne with our brokenness – and there is always hope in our brokenness for further maturity in holiness.  

Psa 147:1 HalleluYah; for it is good to sing praise to our Elohim; because praise is delightful and becoming. Psa 147:2 YAHWEH builds up Jerusalem; He gathers the outcasts of Israel.Psa 147:3 He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their sorrows. 

I pray for  you – that in your time of Shabbat with the Father – that He revealed to you, your brokenness and that through that time, you were matured in the love He has for you!  Shalom~