Preparing for a Visit With God
January 11, 2009 AM
Dave Marttunen
When special or important, people come to dinner we prepare. We prepare ourselves and we prepare our home. Instructions might be given to remind the family of etiquette or proper manners. We might, if necessary, remind the family of what titles to use or not to use, and what topics to avoid, if any, in conversation. Overall, our preparations change us and set us up for outcomes that we would otherwise forfeit. If we are given an invitation to join an important person, that too requires preparation, and it requires a response. If we fail to respond we would be deprived of the
event. And if we refuse to conform to the requirements of the event (like a dress code) we risk being excluded at the door. How would we prepare ourselves, those dependent on us, and our setting, if we knew that God was going to join us at a pre-arranged time because He had an announcement to make about our relationship with Him? Not only did this happen historically in the Exodus of Israel, it is a pattern that God uses for his Church today.
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Dave Marttunen
When special or important, people come to dinner we prepare. We prepare ourselves and we prepare our home. Instructions might be given to remind the family of etiquette or proper manners. We might, if necessary, remind the family of what titles to use or not to use, and what topics to avoid, if any, in conversation. Overall, our preparations change us and set us up for outcomes that we would otherwise forfeit. If we are given an invitation to join an important person, that too requires preparation, and it requires a response. If we fail to respond we would be deprived of the
event. And if we refuse to conform to the requirements of the event (like a dress code) we risk being excluded at the door. How would we prepare ourselves, those dependent on us, and our setting, if we knew that God was going to join us at a pre-arranged time because He had an announcement to make about our relationship with Him? Not only did this happen historically in the Exodus of Israel, it is a pattern that God uses for his Church today.
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