Random Thoughts of God's Goodness

Sorry I've been out of touch since we went to Disney. The first week we were back I was exhausted!! Since then, I have been just enjoying some quiet time with my hubby after work while the children have been at VBS. To be honest, I've had writers block the past few weeks and I can't seem to get over it. So I have decided to just share some random things that I have learned in our Tuesday Night, Beth Moore study on the The Tabernacle. So here goes. . .

Jesus is My High Priest that meets my every need.

Hebrews 10:11-12 And every priest stands ministering daily and offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God, . . .

I just can't even begin to tell you how that one scripture has ministered to me. Beth asked, why was it significant that our Great High Priest "sat down"? And all of a sudden I got so excited I could hardly stand it. Do you get it? HE SAT DOWN. . . it was finished. . . there was nothing left to do. . . his work was done. After I read that, it seemed that I could not and cannot stop thinking about it. To live in that truth makes striving, worry, and fret fade away. And rest come so much easier.

He is able. . .(duh), and He lives to intercede for Me :-)

Hebrews 7:25 Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.

I don't know about you but I've got some "uttermost" that needs some healing. It's "that thing" that I just can't seem to shake on my own. I'm just unable to beat it. But He isn't. . . He is more than able! That's good to know. And there I have another reason I can just rest in Him. Can you picture it? He "sat down" at our Father's right hand and He is conversing with our Father about me (or you).

The 1o Commandments = The Ministry of Death BUT was glorious. How much then should the Ministry of Life be even more glorious!
Corinthians 3:7-18 But if the ministry of death, written and engraved on stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of the glory of his countenance, which glory was passing away, how will the ministry of the Spirit not be more glorious? For if the ministry of condemnation had glory, the ministry of righteousness exceeds much more in glory. For even what was made glorious had no glory in this respect, because of the glory that excels. For if what is passing away was glorious, what remains is much more glorious. Therefore, since we have such hope, we use great boldness of speech— unlike Moses, who put a veil over his face so that the children of Israel could not look steadily at the end of what was passing away. But their minds were blinded. For until this day the same veil remains unlifted in the reading of the Old Testament, because the veil is taken away in Christ. But even to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart. Nevertheless when one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.

All I could think here, is how much more my life should reflect His glory because I am not under the Law but have been ministered to with the Life of Christ. Moses' radiant glory faded from his face the longer he was out of God's presence. Unlike Moses, who had to come down from the mountain where God's presence was, I have the very Spirit of God living in me. How much more then should my life reflect His glory? That's a tough question to answer. . .but one that deserves my attention.

Well, there you have it, the random thoughts that have been rolling around in my head and most definitely been doing a work on my heart lately. I want so much for Him to continue to teach me and make all of those truths that I knew in my HEAD be real in my HEART. Because until they find their way to my heart I'm afraid their not worth much. He is so good, and I really believe that He is doing great things in our little Tuesday night group. I am so thankful that He lead me to it and is allowing me to be a part of it. He has blessed me so much through it! If you feel led to, please pray for us as we finish this study on the Tabernacle. God is really at work in all of our lives.