Father, I am grateful that I can come before You this morning with “clean hands and a pure heart.” Psalm 24:4 And I wholeheartedly acknowledge that it is only because of Your love and mercy that I can do so. I pray that I will clearly hear Your voice in our time together this morning and then throughout the day. Amen.
Hebrews 8:1-13 (<<click here)
Lord, with Your coming and giving of Yourself in total sacrifice You have established a new covenant with us, one that is put “in our minds” and written “on our hears” v.10. That is a personal, interactive covenant. That surely is the case but why, then, do we want to make it cold and impersonal? We take something that is alive and we do our best to paralyze it. Many have taken this life giving, invigorating covenant and have just sucked the life out of it by making it a list of do’s and don’ts. We externalize it and when we do it that way, we undermine Your work in us and through us.
Your plan, Your desire, is just the opposite! Jesus, You are the Living Word not a dusty tome. You are LIFE! And You infuse us with that life. In doing so we come to life. We are able to become who we were created to be. We are less motivated by rules and regulations and the fear and punishment for failing to fulfill them and instead are motivated by love! Your great love for us results in us having a greater love for You. And when that takes place we begin to desire to follow Your directive not out of obligation but out of that love.
Lord, this day may I be a living expression of Your new covenant!
Mar 31st, Thurs, 6:33 am
