I stopped at Walgreen’s this afternoon and was unsuccessful in finding what I needed. A smiling helpful clerk (oops, sorry. Sales Associate) told me if I came back next week she would have it in stock. I felt like I was in the dark ages. I nicely told her I thought I would do better by ordering it myself on the Internet. I am happy to report it is scheduled for delivery at my door tomorrow. We no longer need an intermediary. We can do it ourselves. We can go straight to the source and get much, much better service.
The writer of Hebrews 3 – 5 assures us we have a High Priest in heaven who was one of us. He is the same person who told us when we pray go into our closets and say, “Our Father.” The way through Heaven’s door is not closed to us ordinary mortals. No longer do we need a priestly intermediary. We are children of the Father and have direct access. When the priests heard Jesus say these things they had to kill Him. He had just declared them functionless. When you threaten a man’s wallet you threaten his heart. Jesus made everyone their own priest. With direct access comes great service. We don’t have to wait until next week. We don’t even have to wait 24 hours. Delivery is instant. Grace and forgiveness, strength and renewed purpose arrive faster than Fedex or Amazon’s planned drone deliveries.
It is great to live in the age of the Internet that makes Walgreen’s unnecessary even if they are nice. It is marvelous to live in the age of Jesus. He makes a priestly system unnecessary.
Written by Roger Bothwell on April 24, 2014
Spring of Life, PO Box 124, St. Helena, CA 94574
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