A thought while scouting

I had a really neat thought/idea this last weekend when I was out in Iowa scouting. I found the most defined buck bedding area I have ever found. It was on top of a hill with really thick cover, the ability to see, hear and smell for a ways, and with good exits to other thick cover. The place was loaded with HUGE rubs (@15 on trees over 4 inches @, not to mention all the smaller ones), there was droppings everyway, runs going in and out like crazy, and I even found a really nice shed in it. What it got me thinking about is how tough it is to get near a big bucks bedroom. He has this spot for a reason, it is almost impossible to get near him without him seeing, hearing or smelling you. He has a barrier set up around him that makes it tough to get to him. How much different isn't this then God. God has taken away all the barriers. He used to (OT) have a place (Holy of Holies) that was well protected and could only be penetrated once a year by the priest after doing everything just right (kind of similar to buck bedding area). Then in the NT he stripped that away (Jesus ripped the curtain to HOH and allowed access to God). He said I don't care what you look like, what comes out of your mouth sometimes or how bad your sin may smell, I want you to come into my special place and be with me. I want a relationship with you, I give you access to me at anytime you want it. All you have to do is come, when you get here you will love it, it will be like your home, it will be a place you will long for (kind of like the hunter wanting to get a big buck). As we enter this place with God, we will realize where there are things that aren't right. Sometimes they will be obvious and easy to clean up other times they might take a while to uncover and might be really hard to give up (take us truly surrendering to Him to clean up), but regardless we will come out of His presence changed and desiring to be with him more. He will be all we think about or want, like a big buck can do to us as well.

This kind of reminds me of one of my favorite verses and kind of the reason this blog is called full access. Through Jesus we have full access to God, in some ways this blog is a way to have access to my thoughts/life.

Romans 5:1-2 (Message)
By entering through faith into what God has always wanted to do for us—set us right with him, make us fit for him—we have it all together with God because of our Master Jesus. And that's not all: We throw open our doors to God and discover at the same moment that he has already thrown open his door to us. We find ourselves standing where we always hoped we might stand—out in the wide open spaces of God's grace and glory, standing tall and shouting our praise.