God’s Permanent Pursuit

 Scripture:

“They will know that I am the Lord their God, who brought them out of Egypt so that I might dwell among them. I am the Lord their God.” ‭Exodus‬ ‭29:46‬ ‭NIV‬‬

Observation:

Throughout history, God has had one passionate pursuit.  He has always desired a people who would be completely His and He would be completely theirs.  From the Old Testament times, God wanted to dwell among His people and to be their one and only God.  He has longed to live among His people and He went to great lengths in the Old Testament to make that happen.  Everything in the Tabernacle had to be exactly right so He could meet with the priests and they wouldn’t die.  

Application:

God wants to be with us more than we want Him to.  By the blood of Jesus, this is now possible for all of us at any time.  We can now enter boldly into the throne of grace and obtain mercy and grace.  Because of Christ, we can have unity with the Father.  We can have Him as our God and we can be His people.  We can walk with Him through life and He can work through us.  We need to thank God for sending His Son so we could finally have the relationship God has always wanted.  We also need to live lives of holiness because God was very clear about how everything had to be pure so He could meet with people.  We are no longer under Law, but grace.  At the same time, we want to walk in holiness before God.

Prayer:

Father, sanctify my life.  Cleanse me from everything that is not pleasing to You.  Help me to walk in holiness at all times and to live a life You can be one with.  I want unity with the Father.  I want to hear what You speak.  I want to do what You are doing.  Purify my life and teach me to walk in unity with You at all times.  Let my words be Your words.  Let my heart be Your heart.  I am completely Yours Lord.

Forever Yours,

Jeff