Hebrews 9:8 The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing:

Recently I desired to write about comfort. My reasons were based on a comment I made at life group which seemed right and in accord with what I know about my God and Lord. He seeks to comfort us.

As I opened up my bible app and sought the Lord on this matter, I was humbled. Chastened might be a better word, but the end result was the same, to be humbled. Not that I chose to humble myself, but to be humbled.

This morning I seek the Lord again to understand the comfort which I feel. Again humility shows up and I find again what I seek has to take a back seat. We do so like to be at the wheel don’t we? Even when forced to take the back seat, we like back seat driving. It’s in our nature.

Being a new creation in Christ isn’t a resurrection, it isn’t being changed in an instant. Finding the comfort which I know the Lord provides is found in the way everlasting, and not in the old tabernacle.

Saying I am a new creation is not enough to enact the behaviors of the new creature. As a babe we had to learn to walk and talk, it was learned, experienced, exercised and perfected. This new creation is no different. Just because it is easy and familiar to walk in the flesh does not mean you are walking in the spirit as a new creation. Ones steps must be directed by the spirit and not the old tabernacle. We must put off the old ways and walk anew.

Romans 6:4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

Deuteronomy 8:2 And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.

Not for the Lord to know what was in our hearts but so that we would know what is in ours.

Comfort comes to those who trust the hands on the wheel.

Ephesians 3:17a That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith

Abraham is the father of three faith based religions. They are Judaism, Islam and Christianity. How they differ is not so much the source of their faith but rather what they do with that faith.

Neither Judaism nor Islam invest their faith but rather rest on it. They will do what they feel they are commanded to do for religious duty with the expectation that all that happens depends on God to watch over their wellbeing. Neither believe that God should even dwell in man.

Christianity on the other hand invests their faith in Christ. Placing their faith in the works of the Cross of Christ and accepting that free will offering brings them to a position of right standing before God. Having dealt with sin judiciously God can then dwell with man.

The purpose of God dwelling within man is for God to exercise His grace, His will and His love through His children. Others will come to know Christ through the exercise of faith in us. We do not wait on faith we exercise faith.

Matthew 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

John 8:12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

Only Christ offers this by faith.