What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be9 against us? He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? Who shall bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? As it is written, “For your sake we are being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.” No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 8:31-39 ESV).
As we continue our path through Lent ending in our celebration of the resurrection on Easter Sunday, we have looked at what it means to be prophets and priests and to serve our Lord as kings and queens. All people who believe in Jesus as Lord and Savior share these roles as God works in us and through us to make us more like him. Today I want to explore what has come to be known as “Thin Places.”
Celtic spirituality speaks of “thin places,” where the natural and spiritual come together, as if separated only by a thin veil. Many examples in nature reveal this. We see it in the beauty and intricacies of flowers and fruit trees, the human body, coral reefs, majestic mountains, and much more. We see it in the delicate balance of countless species that depend on each another. There are also times when our prayers and Scripture reading come alive and we sense the Holy Spirit at work. We can also see this in good literature based on Jesus’ teaching, and in world affairs in which leaders aim to do what is right and good for all people.
When we think of ourselves as prophets, priests, and kings and queens, we find our identity. The Lord and King who loves us has brought us into fellowship with himself. Our task is to have faith and believe and to show that God reigns in our lives. Today, live like a child of the king, a priest of the Lord, and a prophet of the Most High God. Create your thin place meeting Jesus in a way that affects everyone around you positively.