God’s Waiting Room

Scripture:

Ezekiel 43: 27

‘On the 8^th day and on each day afterward the priests will sacrifice on the altar the burnt offerings and thank offerings of the people, and I will accept them says the Lord God’.

Observation:

It’s been a long wait for the people of Israel, but rejection has now turned to acceptance.   The journey of being a set-apart nation, blessed and provided for in every area of their life and falling from grace to do it ‘their way’, have now come to an understanding that God WILL have his way and you can’t fight with God and win.

 

The daily sacrifices on the altar will make all things right again and rejection has now turned to acceptance.

 

Application:
Acceptance from God – Almighty God.  His face will look at you and shine on you with tenderness and love is a precious thing and not to be taken for granted.

 

Like a mother’s love that is always there for her begotten ones, so it is with God’s love, always there waiting for a small gap in the child’s emotional armour to reach out and say ‘help’ ‘you are right’, ‘I need you’, ‘I need your strong arms to lift me up’ – and re-assurance is immediately there.  Love and acceptance is immediately there- always was – always will be.  God’s love and acceptance, like a mother’s heart is just waiting for the opportunity.

 

Prayer:

Lord, I thank you that you are always in the ‘waiting room’ in my life.  Waiting for me to ‘come to myself’ and see that my ways are not your ways.  It is your way or not at all.  Thank you that you have received my sacrifice – each and every day of my life as I lay my life before you.  Your head and heart is turned towards me and you have accepted me.  Because of your son’s sacrifice you have accepted me and I am grateful and thankful.

 

What a wonderful thing to say to yourself that I am accepted by the Lord God almighty!

 

Terry B

 

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