How is the marriage covenant seen in Passover?
Please click on the link below for the Haggadah (the narration/telling) of Passover 2013 I will be haapy to email it to you. It is well worth your time to study and read.
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Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Monday, March 4, 2013
Stirred and Willing
Good Morning Everyone - As I mentioned before, I am working on making my posts shorter (not everyone wants to dissect every word like I do). I came across the Scripture below in my reading this morning in Exodus 35:
20 And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses. 21 Then everyone came whose heart was stirred, and everyone whose spirit was willing, and they brought the Lord’s offering for the work of the tabernacle of meeting, for all its service, and for the holy garments.
As always we see that YahWeh (God) does not force us to do anything, our hearts are stirred and we have to make the choice whether or not we are willing to respond. I started thinking about "being willing" and realized you don't just pop up out of bed one day and make the decision to be "willing" to offer your time, your energy, your resources, and your talents to something overnight. It is a process.
A few verses earlier in this chapter (verse 5) it says: Take from among you an offering to YahWeh. Whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it as an offering........
Therein lies the answer - it is a condition of your heart. For your heart to become "willing" is a process. From your heart comes an overflowing love and passion, it isn't about demands or orders - it is about a willingness to lay down "self" and reciprocate and engage in the love relationship the Father is reaching out to you with. It is a choice, not a feeling - you must first acknowledge that which has been given to you, that thing you know you don't deserve - and to be "willing" to accept and receive your position in this relationship with the Father. What more could you be given than the life of the Father's Son? Yes, we know that this is for Salvation but in the depths of His "willing heart and Spirit" - His love for you, creates in you a willing heart - your spirit WANTS to offer up to Him all that you have. This isn't because a church tells you it's time to be a contributor, not a consumer - it is a process in the love relationship with Him that brings you to the point in which your spirit responds to ETERNAL LOVE! My prayer for you today is that you will seek a deeper love relationship with the Father. One that softens your heart to the very whisper of His voice, so that you may come to a place where your heart and your spirit are willing to offer all to Him that He alone calls you to do. Amen.
20 And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses. 21 Then everyone came whose heart was stirred, and everyone whose spirit was willing, and they brought the Lord’s offering for the work of the tabernacle of meeting, for all its service, and for the holy garments.
As always we see that YahWeh (God) does not force us to do anything, our hearts are stirred and we have to make the choice whether or not we are willing to respond. I started thinking about "being willing" and realized you don't just pop up out of bed one day and make the decision to be "willing" to offer your time, your energy, your resources, and your talents to something overnight. It is a process.
A few verses earlier in this chapter (verse 5) it says: Take from among you an offering to YahWeh. Whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it as an offering........
Therein lies the answer - it is a condition of your heart. For your heart to become "willing" is a process. From your heart comes an overflowing love and passion, it isn't about demands or orders - it is about a willingness to lay down "self" and reciprocate and engage in the love relationship the Father is reaching out to you with. It is a choice, not a feeling - you must first acknowledge that which has been given to you, that thing you know you don't deserve - and to be "willing" to accept and receive your position in this relationship with the Father. What more could you be given than the life of the Father's Son? Yes, we know that this is for Salvation but in the depths of His "willing heart and Spirit" - His love for you, creates in you a willing heart - your spirit WANTS to offer up to Him all that you have. This isn't because a church tells you it's time to be a contributor, not a consumer - it is a process in the love relationship with Him that brings you to the point in which your spirit responds to ETERNAL LOVE! My prayer for you today is that you will seek a deeper love relationship with the Father. One that softens your heart to the very whisper of His voice, so that you may come to a place where your heart and your spirit are willing to offer all to Him that He alone calls you to do. Amen.
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