Iniquity

Since I heard the message on the "Iniquity of Sanctuary" I was extremely careful and went before the Lord again and again to consider and reconsider the many things that I am carrying out in the Lord, for the Lord, are truly of the Lord, with the Lord and for the Lord. In this regard I even carefully separate the work of the Lord with my personal or family life.

As far as the work of the Lord is concerned, trusting in the Lord's grace, I will not take a step ahead until and unless it is initiated by the Lord and confirmed in the Word and by the Body; and I would not follow suit without the Lord's supply of grace and the Spirit's power and the Lord's anointing is upon me for the very same work, and be in fear and trembling that after the accomplishment of such work, the Lord and only the Lord may be glorified lest I be robber of God's glory. Yet, paying heed to this so much, I seem to neglect the part on my personal matter which I presume is apart from God's work.

But this morning in my time with the Lord, the Lord touched me deeply; reminding me that it is indeed good and safe to be careful of the iniquity of sanctuary to make sure we build God's work with gold, silver and precious stone and not with wood, hay and stubble. But much more, our work and our person cannot be and should not separated. Our work is our person and our person is the work of God! Technically, one may be careful with "the work of God" and yet careless in his personal life and matters. But in God's view, the person and the work are one. As much as one is careful concerning the service of the sanctuary, so much the more, one must be careful in his living. For our work is our living and our living is the work of God.

And this is a necessity and we have no reason to reason with God concerning our privacy; for we don't belong to ourselves, we are purchased by the blood of Jesus Christ, bought with a very costly price. As such, we are slaves as far as service or status is concerned. The reality of this kind of living will be a real salvation. For it would not give room to the enemy through loopholes in personal matters. As much as we are careful with the work of God, so much the more we will be careful in our daily Christian life. And not the commit the iniquity of the sanctuary nor the iniquity of a Christian living.