majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of
him in Psalm 132:3-5,
"I will not enter my house or go to my bed- I will allow no sleep to
my eyes, no slumber to my eyelids, till I find a place for the Lord, a
dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob."
In this psalm of ascents, the psalmist recalls this vow of David.
David said he would take no rest until he found "a dwelling for the
Mighty One of Jacob." What strikes me this morning is that the Lord
himself desires this dwelling with men! In David's day it was
represented in the tabernacle that Moses had originally built for the
Lord, and in David's son's day, Solomon's day, it was represented in
the massive temple he built. David had desired to build a temple for
the Lord but the Lord told him his son would build it.
Today the Lord still desires a dwelling with mankind. His desire is
not to dwell in a tabernacle or a temple of stone and wood, but the
temple of our hearts. Paul tells us in 1 Corinthians 6:19, "Do you not
know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you,
whom you have received from God?" This is an astonishing thing for me
to contemplate. The Lord desires to live within us as his dwelling
place! Where we were once estranged from God and living as his
enemies, he reached out to us through his Son, Jesus Christ, making a
way for us to become members of his family... and he wants to make his
dwelling within us!
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share
your thoughts of worship with us from your Bible reading today. We'd
love to hear from you!
Trevor Fisk
trevor.fisk@gmail.com
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