HAND ME DOWN

In my previous post, Get back eight, I hinted to you my  position in the chronological order of children in my family. Now, I will tell you something else about the hand me downs. Last borns understand what a hand me down is.To be fair to the 'elder borns' reading this, I'll define it for you. A hand me down is an item that is passed on to a younger sister or brother. Those clothes, shoes,toys just anything that you pass on to the generation after you...Got it? Good.

Hand me downs are good. They save on costs especially when the month is around the corner and the sole of your best shoe is coming off. Or when the seam of your dress is ripped, at least you know you are covered coz there is that dress from your elder sister that can save the day. On that note, I register my appreciation to all the kind brothers and sisters who pass on. Huwa mnaokolea sana and for that we the late borns are grateful.

Lately, I have been thinking of the hand me downs in a different light. The hand me downs in our lives as Christians. By this I refer to having the spiritual leaders doing everything for us. Where we don't read our own Bibles and we wait on our pastor to hand us down what they have read. We don't pray we only wait on the  handed down prayers.Rather than worshiping we wait for the next session of praise and worship to lead us.

As Jesus died the curtain tore into two so that we could access the throne of grace without necessarily waiting on somebody else.We were allowed to ask for help when we needed it, to repent when we erred to speak to God at any time of day or night.

Please do not mistake me. ..It is not bad to have something handed down to us. As I mentioned, they really come in handy. My only bone of contention is  when we fully depend on them. You see, even younger borns have their own items before they receive from the elder borns. They do not fully depend on what they receive.  What they receive is only an addition. Just a bonus.

 One of my desires in the past few days has been to have A "No Curtain Experience." That tapping straight from the throne.I have depended on the hand me downs for long but now I desire to present myself before the mercy seat in person. More than the bread crumbs that fall off the table, I desire the whole bread served on the table.I wish that my desire would be yours as well. That we all can take some personal time to read the word and to pray on our own even as we ask others to help us. 
I pray that we will be able to experience Christ in His fullness.