No Separation

No Separation

Cast me not away from thy presence….

Psalm 51:11a

David was earnestly praying as he confessed his sin to God. He was well aware that his sin had caused a disturbance of his fellowship with God. Because David was a man after God’s own heart, he could not bear this breach of fellowship. Therefore, we find him pleading, ‘Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.’ This brings to mind the emotional attachment which the Bride of the Song of Solomon has for her Bridegroom. She cannot bear to be separated from Him. The picture is of the relationship between Christ and His people, the Church. The people of God cannot bear to go on without the Presence of Christ. After Israel sinned in the wilderness, Moses was pleading with God.  God said that He would send them up to the Promised Land, but would refuse to go with them. As Moses prayed he said, ‘If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence.’ We thrive upon the Presence of Christ. We are desolate and bereft without it. When our sin has brought a breach in our fellowship with Christ, we have every reason to cry, ‘Do not cast me away from Your Presence.’ As we consider these things today, let us dwell upon the fact that God is Merciful and that Christ desires to have fellowship with us. He will hear us, that there be no separation.

Our Gracious Master and our God,
we praise You, that You desire communion with us.
We rejoice that You have made a way for us, through Christ,
that there be no separation between us and You.

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning