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Pentecost 65 Spiritual Horizons
Pentecost 65 Spiritual Horizons
When I see a sunset I see the Cross. When I see a sunrise I see the Resurrection. In both, the beauty is perceived in the heart, contemplated in the mind and located in Jesus. From Son-set to Son-rise, it’s all about Him.
“I just like to take in the scenery, breathe in the atmosphere and drink in the experience.” These are expressions that describe being part of and wanting more of what your mind and heart are sensing. It could be the breathtaking sight of a whole mountain range as you reach to the end of a hike to the top. Perhaps you have just been wrapped in the moment of a magnificent performance. And in a most personal moment you have found a oneness with someone in a mutually realized insight. These too are parallel courts you were designed to enjoy, part of the created wonder of being human, an image and likeness of God appreciating life.
But on the deepest and most profound level we were created to enjoy God, enjoy ourselves as created images of God and enjoy relational community connected to one another by the Spirit of God. When Jesus said there were many rooms in His Father’s house it implied something we were all created for. There is a main room, an atmosphere, in which we relate fully and openly with Him in the Spirit. There is another, an experience, in which we find self-fulfillment, our sense of identity, where our meaning and purpose are complete in the Spirit. Then we have the room, the scenery, in which we relate to all those who are brothers and sisters in the Spirit.
These are all connected to the throne room of worship, the Father’s heart, Jesus’ heart, the Spirit’s heart, the unified heart of God and Jesus the Lamb of God is the Temple. The angels and the multitude of past believers singing praises to God and all joining in a common chorus. These words fall so short of the reality that is in Heaven but the courts of His Kingdom have been opened for us even though, as Paul says, ‘we see through a glass darkly.’
Paul writes about those courts. They are courts of spiritual experience he describes as fruit of the Spirit. “But the fruit the Holy Spirit produces is love, joy and peace. It is being patient, kind and good. It is being faithful and gentle and having control of oneself (Gal.5:22-23).”
He elaborates further in 2Cor.3:17 “Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.” Then in Gal.5:1 “It is for freedom that Christ has set us free.” On in Col.2:2-3 “My purpose is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.”
These are introductions to the depth that is the Kingdom. When we open our hearts to the Lord we taste the scenery, the atmosphere and the experience of spiritual reality. Jesus said, “Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world (Matt.25:34).”
Jesus endured the Cross to prepare the way for us to enter the Kingdom. His shed blood provided our forgiveness, which opened the way for us to experience the Holy Spirit who brings us into the courts of His temple.
One last thought. In this world we will never understand everything. It is not what we know but Who we know. Everything we need to know about Jesus is in Scripture. We are not called to get our mind around Jesus and His Word but to let His mind and His Word embrace us.
More coming. Stay tuned……..
When I see a sunset I see the Cross. When I see a sunrise I see the Resurrection. In both, the beauty is perceived in the heart, contemplated in the mind and located in Jesus. From Son-set to Son-rise, it’s all about Him.
“I just like to take in the scenery, breathe in the atmosphere and drink in the experience.” These are expressions that describe being part of and wanting more of what your mind and heart are sensing. It could be the breathtaking sight of a whole mountain range as you reach to the end of a hike to the top. Perhaps you have just been wrapped in the moment of a magnificent performance. And in a most personal moment you have found a oneness with someone in a mutually realized insight. These too are parallel courts you were designed to enjoy, part of the created wonder of being human, an image and likeness of God appreciating life.
But on the deepest and most profound level we were created to enjoy God, enjoy ourselves as created images of God and enjoy relational community connected to one another by the Spirit of God. When Jesus said there were many rooms in His Father’s house it implied something we were all created for. There is a main room, an atmosphere, in which we relate fully and openly with Him in the Spirit. There is another, an experience, in which we find self-fulfillment, our sense of identity, where our meaning and purpose are complete in the Spirit. Then we have the room, the scenery, in which we relate to all those who are brothers and sisters in the Spirit.
These are all connected to the throne room of worship, the Father’s heart, Jesus’ heart, the Spirit’s heart, the unified heart of God and Jesus the Lamb of God is the Temple. The angels and the multitude of past believers singing praises to God and all joining in a common chorus. These words fall so short of the reality that is in Heaven but the courts of His Kingdom have been opened for us even though, as Paul says, ‘we see through a glass darkly.’
Paul writes about those courts. They are courts of spiritual experience he describes as fruit of the Spirit. “But the fruit the Holy Spirit produces is love, joy and peace. It is being patient, kind and good. It is being faithful and gentle and having control of oneself (Gal.5:22-23).”
He elaborates further in 2Cor.3:17 “Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.” Then in Gal.5:1 “It is for freedom that Christ has set us free.” On in Col.2:2-3 “My purpose is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.”
These are introductions to the depth that is the Kingdom. When we open our hearts to the Lord we taste the scenery, the atmosphere and the experience of spiritual reality. Jesus said, “Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world (Matt.25:34).”
Jesus endured the Cross to prepare the way for us to enter the Kingdom. His shed blood provided our forgiveness, which opened the way for us to experience the Holy Spirit who brings us into the courts of His temple.
One last thought. In this world we will never understand everything. It is not what we know but Who we know. Everything we need to know about Jesus is in Scripture. We are not called to get our mind around Jesus and His Word but to let His mind and His Word embrace us.
More coming. Stay tuned……..
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