Deep Within

We had a wonderful Sabbath service this morning and the only reason that I am doing my blog tonight instead of tomorrow is because of a conference that I am going to be involved in. The details are on my website, www.davidsalinasministries.com.  So, I hope you can make it.

The depth of our message was profound.  The implications of the message reverberate deep within our spirit man.  I say deep because the Holy of Holies was the deepest spiritual place on the face of the earth in the Temple time.

 

Our Torah portion landed on the elements that were on top of the Arc of the Covenant.  Two Cherubim facing each other and the mercy seat were placed on top of the Arc.  The Word says that the manifest presence of the living God would appear in between the two angels, just above the mercy seat.   Verse #17 of our Torah portion instructed us to make a mercy seat. 

I find it such a beautiful thing that the Lord instructed us to fashion a mercy seat  and that He would appear above the mercy seat, not judgment seat, not throne, not even a casual seat, but a mercy seat.  It says to us that God will meet us at the place of mercy.  I am so thankful that He would meet us at a place of mercy, as opposed to meeting us at the seat of judgment.  I am one who is in need of His mercy daily.  And the Apostle Paul made it very clear that we are now the temple of the Holy Spirit.  So if the Spirit of God is within us, just like He was in the temple, then there must be a place of mercy where we can go to whenever we are in need of His grace. 

 

It should cause you to rejoice at the realization that His mercy endures forever and no matter how many times we mess up we can trust that His mercy shall endure. 

The Word says that God would instruct Moses concerning the commandments at that place.  As we seek the Lord at the mercy seat, we can rest assured that He will guide us, instruct us, and comfort us regarding every circumstance or situation in our lives. 

 

Still, like everything else, we must endeavor to enter into that place where the Shekinah glory of the Lord is ever present.  We have within our inner man access to the Spirit of the Living God and some of us fail to utilize the great mercy and grace that has been afforded to us by our precious Lord and Savior. 

I close with this thought.  Take time today and everyday to meet with your Father, whom in His unconditional love, provided a place for you to have communion with Him, to know Him, to love Him, to break bread with Him.  And that secret place just so happens to be deep within side of you.  Amen!