Seize the Moment – Day 503
God’s Desire is to Dwell with His People!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Monday, August 2.
Have you ever wandered what was God’s desire for your life?
In Exodus 29:43-46, God overtly stated His desire in establishing the tabernacle system, which included the priestly and sacrificial systems of the Old Covenant:
I will meet there with the sons of Israel, and it shall be consecrated by My glory. I will consecrate the tent of meeting and the altar; I will also consecrate Aaron and his sons to minister as priests to Me. I will dwell among the sons of Israel and will be their God. They shall know that I am the Lord their God who brought them out of the land of Egypt, that I might dwell among them; I am the Lord their God.
God’s desire is to dwell among His people. While this desire has not changed, the way we have access to His presence has been transformed by Jesus, once and for all!
Exodus 29 details the consecration and ordination of the priests who would mediate God’s presence through the tabernacle system. This system was the only authorized way to the Father, and it was an elaborate and exacting process!
Then God sent His one and only Son and established a new authorized way for the will of the Father to be fulfilled. Jesus declared in John 14:6, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.”
Jesus’ death atoned for the sins of those God desires to dwell among and the infilling of the Holy Spirit causes His people to become His dwelling place. This is our salvation!
Seize the moment and thank Jesus for making a way for you to experience God’s desire for you and your life.