Year 4, Day 75: Exodus 26

Theological Commentary: Click Here 

Discipleship Focus: Identity

• Identity: Our true identity comes from the Father.  Only when our identity comes from God can we be obedient in ways that satisfy our person to our core.

In my blog post from 3 years ago, found by using the theological commentary above, I talked much about the motivation in many cases being more important than the action itself.  In this chapter we talk about the image of the cherubim, while graven images were strictly forbidden among the Hebrew people.  When is it okay to adorn our worship spaces with images?  When isn’t it?  Is an image okay if it leads us closer to God and more fully into His worship?

I think at the heart of this discussion is a question about identity.  What drives us in worship?  What fuels our spirituality?  Is God the source of our identity or is God some mystical Santa Clause that we believe will simply fulfill all of our wishes?  Do we worship God because out of His identity comes love or do we worship Him out of some over-conditioned sense of guilt mixed with a distinct fear of judgment?

When our identity comes from God, we do not need to fear.  When our identity comes from God, we do not worship graven images.  When our identity comes from God our relationship with God is secure.  When our identity comes from God, it will lead to proper obedience to the ways of the Father.

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