People of Agreement
These first three days, I have found myself saying over and over again. “Jesus I long to long for you. Jesus I contend for a desire.”
God is looking for a people of agreement so that He can pour out His spirit in the midst of righteousness, justice, and purity. Jesus was anointed with the oil of gladness so He wants a people of that same gladness. (Psalm 45 :7) The presence of the Lord goes where righteousness goes, (Psalm 85:3) and we are the righteousness of God!
In order for us to be a people of righteousness, we must think victoriously, taking every thought captive.
For me, I have realized that I have to stop agreeing with any kind of voice that says anything less than what God says about me. If I want to be someone whom the Lord takes up residence in and is able to rest in, I have to be vulnerable before Him so He can begin to “move His Spirit in”.
Colossians 1:13 “He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transfered us to the kingdom of His beloved saints.”
We must comprehend that there is no lingering accusation upon us! We are a people of righteousness. It has been given to us. How could we ever agree with any accusations put on us by ourselves or by the prince of darkness?
Exodus 25: 8 God wants to dwell in our midst!
We learned about the tabernacle. In Hebrews 8:5, it says that what Moses built was just a shadow of what was to come. It was a form and shell. We need to know how to approach the Moses/earthly temple so that we may approach the God/heavenly temple.
So now we are going after God–to know Him. To do that, there must be a consecration. A consecration means a repentance or a washing. Repentance is our best friend. It is a stage of vulnerability and of difficulty because it goes against our deep rooted nature.
There are symbols in the tabernacle. There is only one door symbolizing that Jesus is the only way. The fence around the courts shows that there is a prescribed order of how to proceed into the Lord’s presence. The bronze alter is where God deals with our sin. The bronze laver is where God deals with our “self”.
Consecration–that is where it really begins, and with all that it means, it is the hardest thing. We cannot treat the things of the Lord in a light way.
I find that I am at the Lord’s feet overflowing with tears because there is so much inside of me. He is singing the notes over and over again in my heart. But I want more and more. Though this all may seem like it is such a high price to be before the Lord night and day, it is not. There is no waste, loss, or cost when you are in love. There are no regrets. It is a pursuit that will never end because it is as strong as death and as fierce as the grave. (Song of Solomon 8:6)
In pursuit of Him,
Gracey
