The Embrace

(Psa 40:6 KJV)  Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.

(Proverbs 10 also read)

Read that again.  It points out that God is after more from us than empty ritual.  Notice the location of the text:  Right in the middle of the Old Testament.  Before the temple was built God is telling His people that it is not all about the Law.

Some things never change.  Does God want us to live holy lives?  Yes.  Does He expect us to avoid sin?  Yes.  Are we expected to do that by following a list of rules and going through a set ritual every Sunday?  No.

So?  God is a person, not a machine.  Salvation is not only to save us but to bring us into a relationship with the living God.  He is so powerful, holy and omnipresent that we cannot comprehend Him.  That is why He had Jesus come to show us what we need to know.  Embrace the living God, or rather, let Him embrace you.