Awesome Places

          We have read the story that occurs in the Bible about Moses and the burning bush and how God declared the area as "Holy Ground" and that Moses must take off his shoes.  Where is the place where you have been that was awesome to you?  If you have ever stood in the "Oval Office" perhaps you felt that type of respect for the place and for that which it stood.  I have stood in some places where I didn't belong but was there either by a tour or a job.  These are places where you just say "Yes sir" and not much else.  When you are called into such an office you want to make a good impression and not cause any trouble and certainly don't knock something over.  I recall one time our youth constructed a model of the Tabernacle in the fellowship area of our church.  Curtains were held up and the areas of the holy place and the Holy of Holies was constructed complete with model furniture which included a model of the Ark of the Covenant.  One morning, I ventured down into the fellowship hall to see the model.  As I opened the curtain to view the plain model of the Holy of Holies, I felt a chill go up my spine.  Sure, it was just a model but what it represented was far greater that that.   Hebrews 10:19 says, "Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,"  
      The writer of Hebrews mentions our going into the holiest by the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ.   Just think!  You have that capability, you have permission that by the blood of Christ, you can walk humbly into the holiest of places.  Hebrews 4:16 is another verse that mentions going into a very special area which is the throne of grace.  Again, our permission is due to the fact of the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ.  We know that the Scriptures remind us that God met the priests at the mercy seat of the Ark in the Holy of Holies.  Jesus is our Ark.  What an honor we have as believers to humbly come before God in such a way, and to think that we don't have to wait for one day a year to do it.  We can come any time we want to meet with God solely due to the work of His Son on the cross of Calvary.  So, when you utter that short prayer today, remember where you are and in Whose presence you are standing.  Praise God  for His work on our behalf.