the knowledge of the holy

It was good, once again, to be in church today and to sing praises to our Lord.  His heavenly royalty was a theme of several songs as we considered the throne and the royal robe of God filling heaven.  We sang the phrase "Holy, holy, holy, holy....Holy is the Lord" in one song and I felt such peace, as if something very important has been absolutely settled.  I considered what it means that the Lord is holy.  I know that He is absolutely pure, and just, and right and full of love....and I know that I, in myself, am not any of those things.  But something happens when we still our minds, quiet our hearts and lay bare our faults before our Lord.  We become aware that He stands waiting to love us and to invite us into His holy presence.  I feel that we were made to be holy creatures...that our best and noblest sense of living lies in holiness.  Perhaps our hearts resonate with the holiness of Heaven at those times when we most closely identify with our Lord and perhaps this is what we were made for.  As if we have savored a foretaste of Heaven and are at the foot of God's throne...that is what we seem to experience as we repent of our unclean thoughts and actions and draw near to Him...even here and even in this dimension of living.  One day all who have enjoyed this taste of holiness will know it as our continual feast because in Heaven I suspect that holiness is the air that is breathed, the music that is sung, the flavor of every sense and the essence of our eternal communion with God.  There is great joy in holiness and we are complete in holiness and we are one with our God in holiness.  We, too, were made to be holy.

 

Revelation 21: ¹ Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away. Also there was no more sea. ² Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. ³ And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, "Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God.

 

blessings and love,

Rob Smith