There is a passage in Numbers. It is chapter 16 verses
41-50. Here is the set up. The nation of Israel is complaining yet again and
God is kind of over it so He intends to consume them with plagues. Moses then commands
Aaron to do a couple of things go make atonement for the Israelites sins. In verse
48 it says “He took his stand between the dead and the living” While I was at
training camp the past week this passage kept running through my head. All I could think is “this is the thing we are
called to do.” Take our stand between the
living and the dead so that God’s kingdom may come here and now. So the lost, broken, and hopeless may experience life through the the grace found in a loving God.The baby in the picture above is Baby Mercy.
She holds a piece of my heart. I adore her. She is such a picture of life to
me. Everything is ahead of her. There is
a calling over her life. That calling is the same as ours and by the grace of
God she will live it out. The cemetery is obviously the dead. The thing that
we are called to do is stand at the gates of the cemetery so that God can breathe
life into dead bones so that they may live out their calling. That is why I do
what I do. Why I go to lock-ins, ride school buses for 24 hours, hang out twice
a week with students, serve food in a shed on the side of the street, and
travel to Cambodia, Thailand, and India. I want to go to the gates of that
cemetery take my stand and see the dead raise up from their grave. At camp I
experienced one of the toughest spiritual battles of my life. I know it is
because taking your stand between the dead and the living is hard. It is hard to leave a land surrounded by life and stand at the gates of death. It requires preparation,training, and action. God is teaching me how to fight. Fight for the lives of
others. So my question for you today is
this…
41-50. Here is the set up. The nation of Israel is complaining yet again and
God is kind of over it so He intends to consume them with plagues. Moses then commands
Aaron to do a couple of things go make atonement for the Israelites sins. In verse
48 it says “He took his stand between the dead and the living” While I was at
training camp the past week this passage kept running through my head. All I could think is “this is the thing we are
called to do.” Take our stand between the
living and the dead so that God’s kingdom may come here and now. So the lost, broken, and hopeless may experience life through the the grace found in a loving God.The baby in the picture above is Baby Mercy.
She holds a piece of my heart. I adore her. She is such a picture of life to
me. Everything is ahead of her. There is
a calling over her life. That calling is the same as ours and by the grace of
God she will live it out. The cemetery is obviously the dead. The thing that
we are called to do is stand at the gates of the cemetery so that God can breathe
life into dead bones so that they may live out their calling. That is why I do
what I do. Why I go to lock-ins, ride school buses for 24 hours, hang out twice
a week with students, serve food in a shed on the side of the street, and
travel to Cambodia, Thailand, and India. I want to go to the gates of that
cemetery take my stand and see the dead raise up from their grave. At camp I
experienced one of the toughest spiritual battles of my life. I know it is
because taking your stand between the dead and the living is hard. It is hard to leave a land surrounded by life and stand at the gates of death. It requires preparation,training, and action. God is teaching me how to fight. Fight for the lives of
others. So my question for you today is
this…
Where are you taking a stand now?
How should you be preparing for the next
cemetery you are called to approach?
cemetery you are called to approach?
I have loved hearing from you guys so keep
it coming. I love to hear what God is teaching you. Until next time…
it coming. I love to hear what God is teaching you. Until next time…
