‘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. The earth shook, the rocks split and the tombs broke open.’ (Matthew 27:50-52)
When Jesus died on the cross, the curtain in the temple in that city, tore in two. This curtain hung in a space that symbolized a separation between mankind, and God’s presence. When Jesus died he had defeated death and sin, and opened the way between people and God. The curtain tore, the way was open. Have you stepped through this torn curtain? Have you put your hand, your heart, to Jesus Christ, and stepped through the ‘door’ to eternal life? It is a spiritual act. We turn our spirits away from sin (‘repentance’), and we turn our hearts in faith to Jesus. We believe. We whisper with our voices, ‘Jesus, you are the Lord of my life!’ Here we step through the torn curtain to eternal life, forgiveness of all sin, a ‘new heart and a new spirit’. (Ez 36:26) But there’s more. As you move through this life, one day to the next, in the Spirit of Christ, and walking with God, he will tear more curtains, and draw you into new Spirit spaces, practical spaces, paths and seasons… Is the Lord drawing you to new spaces? Is he speaking to you, leading you, through his Word? Is he ‘calling to your mind’ things he has taught, and also ‘teaching you all things’? (John 14:26) He is God of the universe, and has all authority in both heaven and earth. (Mt 28:18) He can move you into new Spirit spaces, and new earthly spaces, at any time… ‘Pour out your hearts to Him, for God is our refuge!’ (Psalm 62:8)
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