SANCTUARY Revisited---"And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them." Exodus 25:8

1/17/10
Sanctuary??---is it ….

• A. a place i.e. a location that is visible,

• B. the status of one’s mind

• C. a condition of the heart??

What is the correct answer? Maybe the correct answer depends entirely on who is being asked the question. I assume it could be all of the above because it could vary on any given day or time of day.

Sanctuary….
Looking at fresh snow….the quiet equalizer that covers stately mansions or piles of junk with identical, soft, pure white blankets to transform the world. (cmf, 1/7/10 e-mail)

Don’t you just love those words? Don’t you just love the picture they convey?

Fresh snow….the quiet equalizer….covers (all) is such a picture of what Christ, our Sanctuary, did for us---He was no respecter of persons. He died for all sinners from folks like Dr. Billy Graham and Dr. Adrian Rogers (stately mansion-type souls) to folks like me with my “junk” filled heart.

For all believers---wherever we find ourselves (location) or in whatever state of mind (intellect/will) or condition of our heart (emotion)---this consecrated, holy one is the place where we can go for safety. The God who dwells within is our sanctuary. Therefore, we can sit with Him in the midst of a hostile world communing with Him, supping with Him, resting in Him and the venue matters not.
This harsh, ungodly world and the ways of the wicked overwhelmed me—“until I went into the sanctuary of God.” (Psalm 73:17)

Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you. (2 Chron. 30:8)