What sound accompanies my heart when I enter God’s presence? Do I enter His holy presence with the discordant cacophony of strife and disunity? Or do I take the time to prepare my heart to enter His presence with the God-pleasing sound of humility and repentance?
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Scripture
Exodus 28:33-35
“On its hem you shall make pomegranates of blue and purple and scarlet yarns, around its hem, with bells of gold between them, a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, around the hem of the robe. And it shall be on Aaron when he ministers, and its sound shall be heard when he goes into the Holy Place before the Lord, and when he comes out, so that he does not die.”
Observation
Aaron and the priests were to make a specific sound as they worshipped. Their movement through the tabernacle was to be accompanied by the sound of bells, and they were cautioned not to approach God with the wrong sound.
Application
I’m glad I don’t live in the days of robes and incense and sacrifices. But this verse makes me wonder: what sound accompanies me when I enter God’s presence? Not the audible sound of bells and adornments…but the sound of my heart.
Do I come before God with the selfish sound of grumbling and complaining? Do I enter His holy presence with the discordant cacophony of strife and disunity? Or do I take the time to prepare my heart to enter His presence with the God-pleasing sound of humility and repentance?
This week, I choose to make sure that my heart-sound is right, as I approach the throne of the King of kings.
Prayer
God, thank you for the privilege of being able to spend time in your presence. May the sound of my heart be pleasing to your ears, as I reverently enter the holy place of your presence this week.
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