#17 Three Steps

Over the past several years I have been so blessed to have a small glimpse of God’s great love for us.  I now see how much of it is available but not fully realized. I say that because I believe that one evidence of knowing this love in the smallest amount would cause you to weep for anyone else who does not know Him. The lack of our love for others (all others) is proof that we not only do not know His love but that we do not know Him.  Because His great love for me has allowed me to rest in Him like I never have before.  I’ve gone from someone who doubted his salvation to someone so secure in Him, at times maybe even too secure. 

 

Over the past 6 or 7 months I have felt inside of me a call to Holiness, not the bondage of a list of don’ts, but the freedom of removing the things from my life that are contrary to His word. While reading Leviticus Chapter 9 we come to a scripture where God is calling His people to repentance.  It reads like this: 

 

“Then Moses said, “This is the thing which the Lord commanded you to do, and the glory of the Lord will appear to you.’ and Moses said to Aaron, “Go to the altar, offer your sin offering and your burnt offering, and make atonement for yourself and for the people. Offer the offering of the people, and make atonement for them, as the Lord commanded.”

Leviticus 9:6-7

 

Here are three things (or 3-steps) that I noticed about this scripture this morning.

 

First God said do this and the glory of the Lord will appear to you. It is a call to repentance, a call to separate yourself from your sins, but it is also a sacrifice. Holiness and being Holy is a sacrifice, but it is a sacrifice of unholy things, sins that separate me from the thing I long for the most. The presence of God. It’s almost a trade of my ways for His ways so that I can be with Him fully here on earth.  

 

Second, Moses said to Aaron, “Go to the altar, offer your sin offering and your burnt offering.” It’s time for those who are called to bring the Gospel, whether pastor or layperson, to lead by repentance, and separation. To know and see God to live in His glory while we serve Him here on earth.  

 

Finally, “make atonement for them, as the Lord commanded.” Our world needs people in love with God crying and weeping for them. Crying out for mercy for the meanest and vilest among us, and freedom for everyone no matter how close or far away from God they are. The lack of love that I know and show is so evident. 

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Psalm 10:17

You have heard the desire of the humble;

You will prepare their heart;

You will cause Your ear to hear.

 

Father thank you for this... Thank you for preparing my heart, for causing Your ear to hear me.