ARE YOU ON HOLY GROUND

By Lahry Sibley
Exo 3:5 And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from
off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.

Most are familiar with this scripture verse. We’ve heard message after
message about this event immortalized in time. Most of us older folks
immediately get the image of Charlton Heston as Moses in the movie “The
10 Commandments”, when he suddenly sees the burning bush.

And how many times have we heard that old song, “We are standing on Holy
Ground”. You’ve sung it many times, and so have I.

Have you ever wondered why I AM told Moses to remove his shoes? I’m sure
many ideas could be articulated. But this morning, I was watching a
message by B H McClendon ( I think), and he made mention that I AM told
Moses to take his shoes off, because they were separating Moses from the
Holy Ground. Oh my this just struck a fire in my heart. Glory to God.

Folks, if we are to stand on Holy Ground, there can be nothing in our hearts
and lives, that stands between us and God. For there to be communion,
there must first be a removing of all that would divide us. All sin and
worldliness, must be cast down. Oh my.

Is there any wonder the fire in the “bush” has gone away? How dare we
think we can stand before our Holy God with our shoes on! Oh the bush is
still there, but the fire is gone. You know it’s true!!! And so do I.

Remember that old hymn, “Nothing Between”? Nothing between, my soul

and my Savior. Nothing of this world’s, elusive dreams. I have renounced, all
sinful pleasure. Jesus is mine, and there’s nothing between.

So…..you know I’m going to ask. Do you still have your shoes on? Or has
everything in your life been laid bare before God, nothing hidden, and
nothing between you and sure holy ground? “Is it that important”? Read the
scripture verse above, beloved. It IS that IMPORTANT. For nothing defiled
will stand before Him. No other loves. Nothing between.

Shoes protect the feet from injury from stones and the like. They are man
made things that we use to separate us from hazards and protect us from
injury. God is saying, “you cannot bring anything that man has devised into
a life of holy communion with God.” Either God is your security and
protection totally, or you are none of His and communion with Him is
impossible.

So how do we remove all of these man made gimmicks and false hopes from
our lives and the path we trod? We do it at the cross. There, self reliance
must come to an end. There, anything that is not of faith must perish, for
once and for all. We must install the Master as Lord of our life, or He cannot
be our Savior. The two are inseparable. The only place that this can happen
is on the Cross. Christ has already been there. He’s made room for you and I
there……to die with Him by faith, and determine in our heart to sin no more,
no matter what the cost. Lay bare for death, anything and everything that
would separate our feet, from His Holy Ground.

Glory to God. I shall dwell on this throughout the day today. Will you
worship God with me as we prepare to enter into Sabbath? Will you take off
the shoes of self, of life, of protection, of false security, and place all your
hope in Christ Jesus? I pray that you do. - Lahry