Spending Time

I have been doing some devotional time studying the tabernacle the Jews used as their model of worship and how Christ was the center of their worship from the beginning. It is truly amazing how the ancient Jews desired to have a relationship with God and did so through His prescribed method. It seems that today, I want to worship when I choose, where I choose, in the way I choose. But God has a different idea. 


He still wants me to come to Him in a prescribed process. He has told me how to come close to Him and it is not in a haphazard fashion. Just like the Jews, wandering in the desert, there is a way to be near to God, but it does not just happen. I must choose to approach Him through Christ, first dealing with my sins (again, through Christ), being illuminated through His light, and being sustained by His word. Only then, as I offer prayers through a cleansed heart, will I truly experience fellowship time with God.


Having a relationship is different from having fellowship. I have a relationship with God because I am a Christian. This is open to me because He is my Father and nothing will ever change that. Fellowship with Him, spending time with Him, enjoying His company...that is a different story. In order to be near Him, feel His power and love and protection, I must approach Him through His prescribed way. Give me clean hands. Give me a pure heart.

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