Several months ago as I was traveling to Knoxville to see my dad it happened. I was considering what to write in a book about Passover. Should it be commentary, should it be on how to hold the Seder? ... No, in my heart I knew that would not be a good read.
Option two was to write a book on The Lord's Supper, and how our view should be shaped by the Passover experience. The first Lord's Suppper was a Passover Seder. The Church continued the Lord's Supper as part of the Agape Feast. People would find interest in this topic; how do we meditate as we celebrate the Lord's Supper? This book could help.
I prayed, and then it came. I needed to write a book on God's desire for us to connect with Him.
God's desire for us to connect with Him began before we were created. God built a relationship with man as He walked with man in the Garden of Eden. God sought out man as He spoke with Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Jacob, and Moses.
God saved His people from Egypt and gave us the Passover to celebrate His love. God gave us the opportunity to share His story and thank Him through the Passover, and all through the year. But man over time forgot about God. Israel stopped celebrating the Passover. And they developed a set of laws and observances that gave the form of godliness, but were observable without the relationship that God desires.
Jesus came to set us free from tradition. He came to rebuild the relationship with God. Jesus died to save us and cleanse us from our sin. When we learn to love Christ, we learn to love God. Jesus gave His body and shed His blood so we could be saved and we could return to God.
This is the connection, that we spend time with God every day. That the Lord is number One in our lives. We seek His wisdom, and we give Him thanks.
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