A Paradigm Shift for Reality
Jo Black
July 03, 2026
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Matthew 27: 51 (NIV-UK)
51 At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split
Wherever you are as you take part in today’s Daily Worship – in front of a computer, in the bus on your phone, listening through headphones as you walk your dog in the early morning mist – if you have turned to Jesus you have access to God through His Spirit. You have not had to pilgrimage to a temple where, even with the most costly sacrifice, there will have been no direct access to His presence. You do not need an earthly intermediary to step into that Holy of Holies with a rope round their ankle in case they are overcome by the glory. Right here, right now, through the incredible cost of the cross, paid not by you but the very Son of God, you can be assured of relationship with the Lord of the universe.
Paradigm shift is not sufficient to describe what He’s done.
Prayer:
Almighty God.
The curtain is torn and the way is made for me to approach today.
You choose not a temple but make your home in my heart.
I know the state of my heart today – make it fit for your presence.
I know I can’t. I need you. And I am so sorry for the days I choose to pretend otherwise.
Today I want to give my heart entirely to you – from top to bottom because I know it’s you who will do the filling.
You gave it all so that I could know you. And the more I know the more I am in awe.
Help me to live in the wise fear of all you are, while holding nothing back.
Prevent me from being a barrier to people seeking to approach you.
Tear down the things that I have hung in the place of that curtain – make a way where I have built walls.
Instead let my words and life point to the cross.
In the supermarket, in meetings, in hastily composed messages, in the street – wherever I carry you today, Holy Spirit, let Jesus be who they see.
For your name and your glory alone.
Amen
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