"Now this is the main point of the things we are saying: We have such a High Priest, who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, a Minister of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle which the Lord erected, and not man." (NKJV)
"The true tabernacle." There was a tabernacle built by the Jews, told about in the early books of the Old Testament. It was a real building built with real materials.
That’s not the point. The point isn’t that there is a dichotomy of true and false. The point is the source of our beliefs . . . what we believe is actually happening. Of course, we do all kinds of things here in our lives on earth. We create things. We build things. We own things. We control things. . . . Or we think we do. The fact is, any sense of being in control, of creating, of owning, is a fallacy because we are nothing apart from God.
"God stretches the northern sky over empty space and hangs the earth on nothing. He wraps the rain in his thick clouds, and the clouds do not burst with the weight. He shrouds his throne with his clouds. He created the horizon when he separated the waters; he set the boundaries for day and night. The foundations of heaven tremble at his rebuke. By his power the sea grew calm. By his skill he crushed the great sea monster. His Spirit made the heavens beautiful, and his power pierced the gliding serpent. These are some of the minor things he does, merely a whisper of his power" (Job 26:7-14 NLT).
He hung the earth on nothing. He created the horizon. He set the boundaries for day and night. He made the heavens beautiful. THESE ARE SOME OF THE MINOR THINGS HE DOES, merely a whisper of His power.
We are nothing apart from God. Our belief that we are in control, that we make a difference, that we can have a life apart of from Him is simply an illusion.
The problem is that it’s difficult to get a handle on this kind of immensity. God is so enormous, so powerful, so all-encompassing that to think that big makes our brains hurt. So we often try to reduce Him to something we can get our minds and hearts around. In doing so, we fail Him and we fail ourselves, because we need a big God. We have big problems and we need a God Whose power and Whose love is big enough to both take care of those problems and to care about us day after day after day.
Think about it. Don’t you have friends or acquaintances who are so needy that after awhile they simply wear on you? They can’t seem to get it together. Life is so overwhelming and nothing we do to try to help seems to make a dent in their inability to deal with their problems. I think we sometimes believe we look that way to God. We have so many problems, so many heartaches, so many sins. Why would He continue to love, continue to provide, continue to forgive? And so, we kind of drop away from intimacy with Him, thinking that if we just drift along, He will still take care of us, but then we don’t have to be reminded daily of how inept we truly are.
The fact is, the Father wants us to come to Him with every need. He knows us so much better than we know ourselves and His love pours out on us, wanting to provide, wanting to care for us, wanting to forgive our sins. He chose to provide forgiveness even before we even knew we needed it! "While we were still sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8 NKJV). How much more that we are now His adopted children does He want to reach out His hand and take care of us. But He won’t intrude where He’s not invited. He waits each day for us to come to Him. Today would be a great day to come into His presence, rest in His love, and learn just how powerful and wonderful He really is.
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