ARK OF THE COVENANT

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Exodus 25:10,22

“Have the people make an Ark of acacia wood—a sacred chest 45 inches long, 27 inches wide, and 27 inches high.

I will meet with you there and talk to you from above the atonement cover between the gold cherubim that hover over the Ark of the Covenant. From there I will give you my commands for the people of Israel.


When you encounter the Lord, there is always a memorial, we see this with Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob etc. There is a reference point, where the covenant is established.


For us after Christ was revealed, we call it the day of our salvation. It is the point of new birth and the revelation you received of the Lord. It does not end with the one day experience, we continue this encounter as we go from one stage/level to another.


We must not forget the ark of the covenant, it is the symbol of our first love and our reference point as we go on in the journey of life.


The children of Israel were to carry the ark of the covenant anywhere they went and finally place it in the temple. It was a symbol of God's presence with them.


The ark contained the instructions of the Lord that reminds the people of their great encounter with God.


Today our heart is the ark of His covenant, for God said:


Jeremiah 31:33

“But this is the new covenant I will make with the people of Israel after those days,” says the Lord. “I will put my instructions deep within them, and I will write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.


Thus, every believer is the ark of the covenant in motion, God's presence revealed to the world.


This is why we neither play with prayer or the study of the word. It must be a daily sacrifice that keeps our ark alive to fulfill God's purpose on earth.


We must maintain our heart and keep it from every evil, just as there was special instruction on how the ark was to be constructed, our heart is a special place were God dwells in us.


Proverbs 4:23

Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life.


Have you spent time with God today?


Help us Good Lord.


He calls us blessed.


Love

@the watcher

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