My 3 Passions (Part 1) - Sanctuary

After graduating from academy in 2006, God has worked in my life through thrilling avenues. There are three primary subjects that make my heart burn with excitement, probably because they have impacted my life so greatly.

The Sanctuary

The summers of 2006 and 2007 I worked with Messiah's Mansion, a life-size replica of the Mosaic Sanctuary. The Sanctuary travels all over the United States and has gone overseas on multiple occasions. I will have to say that working with the sanctuary is about at the top of the most difficult jobs I have ever done, yet one of the most rewarding. There were days when we would start work at 4 am and other days when we would not finish until after 11 pm. When rain storms would come, we would get up in shifts all throughout the night to go push the water off of the tents so they would not collapse. We would set up the Sanctuary, which took 900 man hours in the hot sun or in the freezing rain, whatever it happened to be. Tours lasted about 1.25 hours and I would give up to 4 tours a day, 7 days a week.

Young high school and college students would sleep on floors and work whole-heartedly for God all summer long. Our director would give extremely meaningful and inspiring worships that greatly impacted me. The greatest thing that changed my life and solidified me in my beliefs though, was giving tours. I spent months studying and preparing to share the Sanctuary message with people and as a result, my life was changed. Every time I would give a tour, the Holy Spirit would speak to my heart. It was impossible to expound on how our sins crucify the Lamb of God afresh and not be convicted to change my own life. I could not share with people about the work Jesus is doing now in the Most Holy Place and not be impressed with the nearness of His return and my need to be ready.

Those two summers of my life were filled with Bible study, friendship building, hard work, natural and spiritual storms, the excitement of people signing up for Bible studies, and a fulfillment that comes only from seeing people accept Jesus into their hearts. The Sanctuary message is a powerful, yet simple object lesson of God's plan of salvation. I would not trade my experience with Messiah's Mansion for anything--God changed my life and the lives of many others because of my work there.

In the Most Holy Place

Sanctuary Team Summer '07