February 22, 2010
Here are a few of my thoughts on the Torah parsha from a couple weeks ago….
Notes from T’rumah
If we merely eat the physical bread which He (Yahweh) provides for us [if we merely seek Him for His miracles], we will die in the desert — as did our fathers. But if we sh’ma [listen with open minds to, hear, pay attention to, heed, and receive with gratitude] His words of life, and sh’mar [cherish, treasure, highly value, and carefully watch over, guard, and protect] His instructions for living, and asah [interact and build with, as a potter interacts and builds with clay] the mitzvot and mishpatim He designs for us, do you see what awaits us: we will dwell in His presence, we will eat at His table, and we will walk in His Light.
Bill Bullock–The Rabbi’s Son
How many of us are barely hanging on, literally starving to death-spiritually (and we don’t even know it), because we have never really entered into HIS banqueting hall? We are still hanging out in the coat room drinking from a water fountain and eating mints by the door. We can hear the lively conversation from inside and see the tables of food and maybe see the faces of those enjoying the true bread of His Word and the true wine of His Spirit. But like the Israelites at the foot of the mountain we are afraid to meet with our Bridegroom face to face and stand in His presence. His ways are perfect and He is gentle and just. But if we remain out in the coat room ( we are technically at the banqueting hall ) we will never fully know our Bridegroom face to face, we may never even hear His voice. But we try to satisfy ourselves with the lie that we are His Bride, we are in His banqueting hall, are we not? We go there but we leave unsatisfied. We go but we return home thirsting. OR maybe we do feel fed and our thirst sated but our lives are hollow and our bodies weak and diseased. YOU can not thrive and bear fruit by “feasting” on water and after dinner mints.
Step boldly into the banqueting hall of your Bridegroom. See His face, hear His voice and drink and eat fully of His WORD and His SPIRIT. How do I do that? I thought I was already? First , stop lying to yourself that you are living a life surrendered to HIM. Stop telling people “Oh, I wish I had more time to read and study, I am just so busy.” Read Yahweh’s words…….ALL of them!!! Then actually do what it says to do. Stop listening to men. Men who you pay to tell you lies. These men are not your god, or in some cases they may well be, but they should not be your gods. Who will decide who is damned and who goes on to eternal life? …your priest?….your Sunday school teacher?….your Rabbi? NO!! Your Creator alone does. So who do you think you should get to know better and learn to trust and know what HE expects of you, really??? When you stand before HIM, and you will, do you really think He will take “But my pastor/priest/Rabbi never told me that or taught me this” as an excuse for neglecting His instructions to you on how to be His Bride?
It is time to stop playing “bride” and to hang up your coat (false teachings of men) and come in and truly feast on His WORD and drink deeply of His SPIRIT!! Read your Bible as if every word was written directly to you and for you…which it was. Come to Him as a child, open and trusting. Accept His instructions and learn them well. Train yourself to hear and recognize His voice and to respond to it as a lover responds to the touch or her beloved. Grow up!!! Become mature and responsible in the duties/yoke we received when we said “Yes” to our Heavenly Bridegroom. Trust Him when He said that His yoke is easy an His burden is light.
Sh’ma His voice and WORD. Sh’mar His Torah and Asah His instructions
Be the Bride!!!!
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