HOLY GROUND

        What made the ground holy where the burning bush was that Moses saw?  Was it the geographical location  that was holy, was the bush holy or was it holy because God said so?  None of the above is true.  It was holy because of the presence of God which is the Shekinah.  His presence was in the burning bush but did not consume it.  The Shekinah glory of God was in the third division, Holy of Holies or third heaven of the Tabernacle.  The glory made it the Holy of Holies but did not consume the Ark.  In the new covenant we are the temple of the Holy Ghost and a branch grafted into the pure olive tree.  This Shekinah glory of God, His indwelling, does not consume us, but burns within us (“fire in my bones” as Jeremiah said or the baptism of fire).  Our bodies are the ground (earthen vessels) made holy by His presence not our righteousness, no more than the earth around the burning bush was holy without the presence of God.  We should allow the glory of God to shine forth from us, be a burning bush, without being quenched by our fleshly thoughts and deeds.  His presence is pure.  Let the world see the glory of God in us rather than the attributes of the vessel.  It is His presence that is important not our vessels.