March 15,2010

Exodus 26
He can even make tents reflect His glory! The Gospel is told even in how he instructed them to build the tabernacle. The layers of the tabernacle progress from symbols of the darkness of sin and death, to the red ram’s wool expressing the vicarious atonement of Christ, to the removal of the darkness, and finally to the golden glory of God. He even makes architecture to praise Him! . Indeed we serve a glorious King. Speak His glory to someone today!
--Pastor john

Mark 14:27-52
I tend to remember things that are unusual in my life. When my brother Bill, 5 years older than me, was in college, he used to preach youth revivals in Baptist churches in Oklahoma. He developed a team to help him. I was part of that team. One of the things that we did with some regularity is that we would get together at the church and pray. Usually our prayer meetings were at night when no one else was around. We would sit, kneel or lay prostrate on the sanctuary floor, usually in the dark, and pour our hearts out before the Lord. I remember those meetings with fondness because I always seemed to sense the presence of the Lord there. However, one February night we seemed to be struggling in our prayer. One of the members rebuked the enemy in the Name of the Lord, commanding the enemy to leave. Just as he did that a gigantic gust of wind swept by the church and the Sanctuary doors flung upon and shut. It was unusual to say the least. Those prayer meetings are part of what the Lord used to bring many to Christ.
Some have said that everything Jesus did, He did by prayer. I agree. As a matter of fact, I would say that Jesus’ whole life was really one continuous prayer meeting. Gethsemane was the dénouement of that prayer meeting. In His communion with God, He looked into the cup that He was about to drink. It was full of every vileness that man has ever committed or ever will. And there the battle was won. He chose to drink of the cup. How He needed some to watch and pray with Him! But alas, the disciples were just like me. They fell asleep on the job.
Peter had professed that all might stumble but he would die for Jesus. He missed the frailty of his own flesh. But Jesus knew his frailty. That is the glory of Jesus! He knows our frailty and loves us the same. He knew Peter would fall asleep praying and He loved him the same. He knew that without the communion with God, Peter would be powerless. But He loved him the same. He knew that Peter would deny Him not once but three times. But He loved him the same. Are we powerless? It is probably a lack of prayer. Should that keep us from prayer? No! He loves us and is always calling us to Himself. That is the glory of our Lord. Indeed we serve a glorious King! Speak His glory to someone today!
--Pastor john