1 The LORD also spoke to Joshua, saying, 2 “Speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘Appoint for yourselves cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you through Moses, 3 that the slayer who kills a person accidentally or unintentionally may flee there; and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
Joshua 20:1-3
Joshua 20:1-3
We are the new cities of refuge. We are a city set on a hill that cannot be missed in the dark. We are the place people can run to when they find their sin overwhelms them. When the guilt of the sin they are born to finally becomes more than they can bear they can run to God’s people to find safety and rescue. Here they can be save from the avenger. We must be the safe haven for sinners who are desperately seeking to get away from the pain of their past.
Like the children of Israel we need a refuge to run to when we find ourselves trapped in sin. Even God’s people find themselves pursued by the avenger of guilt who drives us into the wilderness and separates us from Him and His people. He has provided the ultimate refuge in Christ and we are to be the connection between Him and the lost. We have been given the ministry of reconciliation!
In His Shelter,
Pastor Jason
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