Hall of Mirrors!

Hebrews 4:16 NCV
“Let us, then feel very sure that we can come before God’s throne …”

How do we come before God’s throne? Do we need to bow before Him many times before we come into His throne? Let me tell you why I ask this question.

I read an article about a French King Louis XIV in 1682 and the King had the beautiful palace in Versailles, France. He was sitting on his dazzling silver throne! His silver throne was overpowering light like the desert sunlight. The King Louis XIV was showing much of his wealth by having his 241-foot-long Hall of Mirrors on both sides. When a visitor wants to approach the King, he had to show curtsy or bow a little at every five steps as he walked the entire distance to meet the king sitting on his dazzling silver throne!

Foreign emissaries (a person sent on a mission to represent another) who come to France had to submit to the most humiliating ritual to the court of French monarch’s favor toward their country. How many times counted for a person to bow at every five steps before the King on this 241-foot-long Hall of Mirrors? How long would it take to get there? Sigh? Humiliating?

Know something? Our Heavenly Father gave us assurance that it will not be like that! By comparison, our God, the King of Kings, invites His people to come to His throne freely. We can come to Him anytime—no advance appointments and no bowing required! How thankful we should be that our heavenly Father is so much more inviting! “Through [Christ] we . . . have access by one Spirit to the Father” (Eph. 2:18). Hebrews 4:16 tells us that we can “come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.”

Oh praise the Lord! Let us come before Him in awe and gratitude, for our God is willing to hear your petitions at anytime.

Oh, just trust God today!

Dorothy