ADAR
5
To
Cleave
“But
ye that did CLEAVE unto the LORD your God are alive every one of you this day.”
(Deu 4:4
“But you who are CLINGING to יהוה your Elohim are alive today, every one of
you.” (Deu 4:4,
emphasis mine)
Memory foam is a fascinating
substance, and I can still remember when I purchased my first memory foam
pillow. I would watch in amazement the
indentation of my handprint, when I continuously pressed my open hand in
different places on the pillow. How the
foam would mold itself to the shape of my hand was a source of wonder to me,
and it still is. Amazing stuff, this
memory foam.
In a sense, we are to be like this ‘memory foam’, molding and shaping ourselves
around the person and character of our Elohim.
The word translated in our opening verse into the word ‘cleave’, is related to the Hebrew word dābaq (Strong’s H1692), which is the
word found in Genesis 2:24, speaking of the ‘joining together’ (cleaving) of Adam and Eve. Just as Adam is to ‘cleave’ to his wife, in other words, be united
with, stick and adhere to, join to, abide with, be welded and be molded to, so
are we to ‘cleave’ to our Creator.
It is not unusual to find an
older married couple, (traditionally, a man and a woman) who have spent their
entire adult lives married to each other end up resembling one another other.
Not only in physical appearance, but their mannerisms, and their similar
forms of speech, will reflect a lifetime spent with one another. Can people say the same of us? Do we reflect THE One that we are supposed to be ‘cleaving’ to? May we all be glued – like Super-Gorilla-Glue
– to the One who gives and sustains
life, and let us reflect His light to
this dying world.
“Only, diligently guard to do the command and the
Torah which Mosheh the servant of יהוה commanded you, to love יהוה your Elohim, and to walk in all His ways,
and to guard His commands, and to CLING TO HIM, and to serve Him with all your
heart and with all your being.” (Jos 22:5, emphasis mine)
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