God, You answer us. You raise us up.
Have you ever felt like it takes alot to break through to worship God without being distracted or self conscience? Or to clear your mind, get past your surroundings and past just saying the words & doing the motions- to get to feeling close to God?
In the garden of eden, sin had not yet separated man from God's closeness, from communion with HIm. God walked with man, He spoke with him face to face.
But after man fell and gave in to sin, we were separated.
We were defiled.
We could no longer enter God's presence freely. Or feel His closeness and walk in absolute truth.
The world became dark.
Only through the sacrifice of Christ did we even gain the availability to feel his presence here once again. To find freedom in it. And to have the assurance of being undevided from Him for eternity. Through the Cross, the division between us and God was torn down and we have access to our Father.
But still so often (as citizens of this world) we have so much (knowingly and unknowingly) between us. It sometimes takes time to break through those things. We have bitterness, unforgiveness, jealously, perversion, and just dirt from what we take in throughout the day.
The blood of Jesus cleanses us ungoingly from all unrighteousness.
The fact that we can even now enter into his presence is a miracle
The fact that, where we come together in his name He shows up, is exciting.
In heaven one day , there will be no more boundries, no more confusion, no more distractions... Again, all because the blood of Jesus has cleansed us and washed us white as snow.
We walk now, on earth boldly and unashamed with the power we need in this mortal life...
And, one day, there we will walk clothed in white surrounded in His light with nothing inbetween.
