The Feeling Small

But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple.

7 But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.

8 For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.

We see what the matter is told of in the text. It's even one of the workman being well worth his hire or the wages due unto his name. But how many know that our God is worth all we could ever bring, all that and more. So the ages to come and the ones that were give him praise. For it is by right of who he is then that they do any such thing. So is the greater than this seen to whom we give all praise on back to the Son. When it comes to the Lord, there is always one greater, for by his power so has he done. Then again is seen the place of the Lord. As in Isaiah is he not high and lifted up with the train of his glory filling the temple. It was a housing or a resting place for his glory as in times of old. It seems Moses would tell of the people wandering through this old world below with only the tabernacle of the Lord to call a home. By day then was a pillar of cloud and at night came the pillar of fire as a sign of his presence. He's holy, my friends. That's exactly who he is. His qualities it seems have also made him so. For look now at the sure and certain qualities seen of the Lord. They're present all the time much like his character are they not. Theirs is a mercy then to be seen and not rather any sacrifice at all. Christ then came to therewith put an end, a reconciling of all things in this world by the blood of his Son. A fulfillment then of what once was and what would still come. That is just what his mercy means, which the sacrifice once and for all has now allowed. It seems in his holy, righteous place he is also just. Thus, you cannot have one without the other. These all must present themselves all of one accord or it wouldn't be him you see. Then comes that other little matter, the one of our lives. Sure, at times the text says to present ourselves a living sacrifice on back to his Son. So too did his works follow after and so cleanse the temple. His presence then drives out any other sorts of disorder. It's just who he is my friends. So then there is one greater than our body even or that of our lives. So does he own it and keep it as well. It seems there was an issue told in the first part of the text how David took what was kept in the house of the Lord for himself. The matter remains though that service to God in no wise goes unrewarded. By Levitical law too, those in service to God there were allowed also to receive tithes and offerings of the Lord thereof and so to eat. For those that fulfill the function of his servants and so serve him well are indeed keeping the office. But how many know our God keeps it as well. For this cause then is he Lord even of the sabbath day. One day of the week that we set apart to God has come back to serve him it seems. So it is with his angels, ministers, and servants as with the Sabbath day as well. How comforting it is then to know that service to God never goes unrewarded or even left out. Never has there been a time when he has forgotten his people nor yet left them alone. In all this he is working all things out for our good and his glory. So does he know the house and keep it quite well. Herein is the one greater than the temple revealed, bigger still than us, who does more than we could ever ask or think. It is nice indeed to know the same God who has us is the one working all things out for our good and his glory as seen in the text. Better yet to have it change our very lives as we serve him and so are well cared for instead. Knowing this sort of God we serve then which has changed our very lives will affect how you and I do other people. Instead of more like ourselves, soon we very much start to see things using Heaven's point of view, that of a right relationship back to his Son. How much more can we not trust God in his power to Father the house and so keep it well.