Is God in the center of ALL of your life? The Israelites knew how to live with Him in the center of theirs long before they reached the Promised Land. As they moved through the wilderness for 40 years the very layout of the "campground" had the Ark of the Covenant in the center. But it would be different as they spread out in the Promised Land.
"This was God's plan--for His children to live in the land He freely gave them and to worship only Him. The same is true for you. Your Promised Land, having had all of your false gods removed, will be like living intimately with your God--in the Holy of Holies--alone, with no other gods but the one true God. Do you see that? Do you understand how you fit into the picture God gave us from the journey the Israelites made from Egypt to the Promised Land? We are to journey from our bondage all the way to the presence of the Living God! The goal of the tabernacle is to reach the Holy of Holies, to have been made holy and like Christ, to be living maturely by the purity of our hearts. The god of the Israelites, who were set free from their bondage in Egypt, was to live in the Promised Land, a land with its idols removed. The Promised Land was a picture of God in the center of the lives of His chosen ones who walk in unity with Him and Him alone. It is a picture, as well, of the godly, sin-healed heart of a Christian!
But most of us are still either in the Outer Court of our salvation of the Inner Court of our sanctification (the process of being made holy). Either way, we are being prepared to enter into the Holy of Holies, our Promised Land, the land of our truest and deepest intimacy with our God. And if we want to step through the veil into the most intimate place with God, we must clearly understand the next point.
POINT #2: We must be fully armed when we cross into that place in our journey called the Promised Land, into the Holy of Holies where our gods will be dispossessed. We must be prepared for this battle, and we must know what God's battle plan is."
More on that tomorrow!
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