There are three kinds of sacrifice made on our behalf and there are three kinds of sacrifice that we make for others. Some sacrifices are from fruit, some are from the routine of life and some are ultimate sacrifices, made once through death. Think of three kinds of natural clothing materials: cotton, wool and leather. Cotton is the fruit of a living plant, wool is from the seasonal shearing of sheep and leather is the product of a slaughtered animal's skin. Each is fashioned into a covering but they come from different sources, have different qualities and reflect different costs.
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When Adam and Eve sinned in the Garden of Eden, God slew an animal to make skins to cover them. When Jesus died on the Cross his physical life became the sacrifice that still covers the believer today. As we live out our lives there is material that comes from the routine of our days that can become refreshing cover for others. As we invest ourselves in good works of service there will be fruit that also provides a cover for others' needs. And as our energy fades and we eventually pass to the next dimension of life eternal...we can look back at the sum of our lives for the cover...the shelter...the refuge...the comfort we experienced from the living God and then shared with others.
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From the routine, from the fruit, from the very life...coverings of love.
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Genesis 1:21 And the Lord God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skins and clothed them.
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blessings,
Rob Smith
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"Death is inevitable. Life is a choice!"
John 11:25
Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live."
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