Walking In Spirit

Since being thrown from the Garden, Man has sought to return in fellowship with his creator. Vital to our being is an unquenchable yearning to seek Him; all the while knowing that coming face to face with him would be our end. At the same time, God, in ever increasing and fuller expressions of His love, continues to provide us the way. It is daily that we multiply our transgressions and continue to show our unworthiness for such a gift. Yet God, from the beginning, has set in motion his redemptive plan.

When the Holy Spirit inspired the writers to copy down the Word, He was revealing to us the promise and hope of the Son and what was to come. After the cross, he directed the writing of the Gospels and it was sent to us as a helper and witness to the Son’s glory.

There once was a woodsman who cut down the tree which was made to be the cross of our Savior. We must never forget that God not only planted that tree, but he also watched it grow. All three persons of the Trinity knew full well what the sacrifice at the cross held in store. Do not think that all was coincidence.

When the Son became flesh and dwelt among us, it was to live perfectly before he was lifted up as our sacrifice. Each step he took on this earth was upon stones that groaned and cried out for mercy. In a carpenter’s abstract pride, the first blows of the hammer upon the nails, reminded the creator what it means to start something new; to finish something left uncompleted.

It has been said, that the cross is the full revelation of God. I would disagree. It may be the fullest revelation we have, but even still, there are things left unrevealed. We do not know yet what we will become, not until when we see Christ. Then we will know, for we will be like Him and can spend eternity learning of Him.