“Thus shall Aaron come into the Holy place.”
(Lv. 16:3)
When Aaron passed into the Holy of Holies, he did not leave his humanity outside the veil. He took what he was inside with him. As I so often say, “We can’t run from our humanity.” Sicknesses, growling stomachs, cuts and bruises, aches and pains, and weariness, all enter into the most Holy place with us, along with our sins, failures, and idiosyncrasies.
God is not surprised by those things He discovers in us. His loving kindness is not turned away because of finding these shortcomings. It is not what we are, but what we are becoming that mostly concern Him. He is making us into the image of the Lord Jesus. Each of us, His children, are ultimately going to bear all the characteristics of His firstborn Son.
“Come, ye weary, heavy laden,
Bruised and broken by the fall;
If you tarry till you're better,
You will never come at all.
Let not conscience make you linger,
Nor of fitness fondly dream;
All the fitness He requireth
Is to feel your need of Him.”
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