DEVOTION - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 2012
Holy Land Devotions 2010 - Day 37
The Western "Wailing" Wall
Presence
By: Rev. Emil Winkelspecht, Trinity UMC, Clayton
Our guide told us that Jews go to the Western Wall because it is as close to the Holy of Holies, representing the presence of God, that they can get to. Now this is not to criticize those who went
up to the wall to pray, but I had a very strong sense that I didn't need to go to the wall to pray because Jesus had opened the way to God's presence through his death on the cross.
Matthew 27:50-51 "And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit. At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom."
As Christians, we live daily in God's presence. We don't need to go to a special place to be in God's presence. God has given us the Holy Spirit to dwell in us. Our privilege is a close, intimate relationship with God. Are you living in God's presence today?
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