- Tent of Appointment -
- Appointment - An arrangement to meet someone at a particular time and place.
Do you see Him as a daily priority that you set aside a specific time and a place for in your life?
Or do you just live your life as you see fit, and try to fit Him into your "busy" schedule?
I work in sales, so I am very familiar with the term "appointment." When I have an appointment with someone, it is a specific set time to call them back to where I clear my schedule and block out that specific space in my day for them.
If I know that I am going to be running late because their file took longer to prepare than I expected it to, I try to call or e-mail them to let them know that our meeting or appointment is important to me and that I will be running a few minutes late. My point is that I want THEM to know that they are IMPORTANT to me, we should treat Yahuah our Aluahym in the same manner.
We should not live our lives the way that we want to and then "see" if we can conveniently "fit" Him into our schedule. The Scripture tells us in Mattithyahu 6:33 "Seek first the reign of Aluahym, and His righteousness, and all these shall be added to you."
We don't just want Him to be "First" though with a long line of "close seconds." We should want to seek after Him with ALL of our hearts. Yirmeyahu 29:13 says "And you shall seek, and shall find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart." Yahuah created us, so rightfully so, He wants all of us. He is a jealous Aluahym, and He will not share with another.
Mattithyahu 22:36-40 - quoting directly from Deuteronomy 6:4-7 "Teacher, which is the great Command in the Torah?" And Yahusha said to him, "'You shall love YAHUAH your Aluahym with all your heart, and with all your being, and with all your mind.'" "This is the first and great Command." "And the second is like it, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'" "On these two Commands hand all the Torah and the Nebi'im."
What does it mean to love someone with all of your heart, being (soul), and mind? Here's my understanding or interpretation of it:
When we love someone with all of our heart, that means that entertain no one else or desire no one else.
When I love my wife Stephanie with all of my heart and tell her that "I do," then that means that I am solely and wholly devoted to her. I do not entertain even the thought of another woman, let alone actually acting upon or pursuing another woman, I have "dove's eyes" only seeing her. I hide nothing from her, she knows everything about me. There are no secrets between us, this is the beauty of intimacy in the covenant of Marriage.
When you love someone with all of your being or soul, to me that means that you go to every extent that you can to show them that you love them and that they're important to you in your life, and you value them.
When you love someone with all of your mind, to me that means that they are always on your mind. When you get up, they are the first one that you think about or think of. When you go to sleep, they are the last thing that crosses your mind. Also during the day, when you're away from them, you are longing to be with them. You can't wait to get back into their presence.
Yahuah's way and only way is wholeheartedness. Yoel 2:12-13 says "Yet even now," declares YAHUAH, "turn to Me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning." And tear your heart and not your garments, and turn back to YAHUAH your Aluahym, for He shows favor and in compassionate, patient, and of great kindness, and He shall relent concerning the evil.
So when is your appointment with Yahuah? Where do you meet with Him at? I'm partial to meeting with Him first thing in the morning BEFORE the worries of this life try to pull me or carry me away from Him.
When Yahusha went off to pray alone, He usually did it even before the dawn broke.
There is something to waking up first thing, putting on some much-needed coffee, listening to qodesh music, and reading the pure unadulterated Word of our Aluahym.
A Good Father always wants to spend time with His son or daughter, the same is true with our Father and Creator Yahuah.
If there is leaven within your homes, it's simple just clear it out and get rid of it.
Do not find yourself too "busy," remember what "busy" stands for: Being Under Satan's Yoke Take time, and appointed time, during your day to climb up to your watchtower above the storms of life so that you can hear the Still Small voice speak to you. (Habbakuk 2)
Shalom - Achy Brandon
