Made Sacred by God, March 4 Worship

Sacred and holy, set apart for God. Today, God’s Word takes us back to revisit God’s efforts to make things sacred. First He gave his people the Ten Commandments. They tried hard to live by those commandments even building the great temple in Jerusalem to set apart the things of God above all else. But it was not enough. By the time Jesus arrives there the temple had been crowded by the materialistic concerns of commerce. Only the sacrifice of the Son of the Living God, Jesus Christ could create a way for things to be made sacred and set apart for God. During the season of Lent we meditate on what this means for us who are still on our earthly journey of being made sanctified by God. What a great time to pray for a new season of life, and set to doing some spiritual house cleaning, for we have seen the power and the wisdom of God in Christ.