Changing Pastures

Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached.
Simone Weil (1910-1943, French philosopher, mystic)

Lev 26:10-13
"You will eat the old supply and clear out the old because of the new. "Moreover, I will make My dwelling among you, and My soul will not reject you. "I will also walk among you and be your God, and you shall be My people. "I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt so that you would not be their slaves, and I broke the bars of your yoke and made you walk erect. NASU

I think this verse in Leviticus has a great message for the individual Christian, as well as for the Church today. Having a relationship with God is an evolving and changing process. At any time in our walk with God He may call on us to step forward. This is a faith process that involves “letting go.” I find God addressing this with me again, and again, and I believe it is because He knows how we struggle with the issue of change.

God tells us that we will eat up, or clear out the old, because of the new. Our problem comes when we refuse the new, and insist on keeping the old, because of its familiarity to us. Meaning we choose to tread over the old paths again and again. It is at this point that we fail to see that God is walking in the new, and we have left him because of our lack of faith, and our fondness for the old.

If we are not with God then we are not “His people.” The sheep are with the Shepherd wherever He goes. Behind them are the old pastures. They have grazed them already, and no nourishment lies there. God is leading us to new pastures and new experiences with Him, so that we might grow. On the hills behind are thin and dying sheep, on the hills ahead, God walks among the fatlings…God Bless.
Pastor William