Dwelling Place

I enjoy a lot of things about my home, the place where live. I enjoy the comforts of home. I enjoy my home because it’s simple. I have some incredible memories in my home. This could end up being a long list.  I think home is so near to my heart because I’ve spent so much time there with the people I love the deepest. I see this emotion when someone has lived in the same home for years and they are now selling – the emotion is very strong. I do love where I live and feel blessed to call this place home.

Throughout the Old Testament, the Lord dwelt in a specific place. When the people of Israel were in the desert, they carried the tabernacle which served as a portable temple. They later built a huge temple in Jerusalem for God’s dwelling place. Then when Jesus comes onto the scene, He makes the new dwelling place of God inside the hearts of those who welcome Him. Now when I read in the Old Testament about the temple, I look at my heart as His temple. Check this out…

⁹ Within your temple, O God,
    we meditate on your unfailing love.
¹⁰ Like your name, O God,
    your praise reaches to the ends of the earth;
    your right hand is filled with righteousness.

¹⁴ For this God is our God for ever and ever;
    he will be our guide even to the end. (Psalm 48:9-10,14 NIV)

I was reminded today of God’s dwelling place inside my heart. I have a role to play in making room in my heart for Him. I need to empty my heart of self so that He make me selfless. I need to empty my heart of me so I have more room for Him. The Lord loves it when I have plenty of room in my heart for Him to move and work. He loves to use me to encourage and inspire others. I can only do this when He’s in charge. The Lord wants to dwell in my heart completely so that His blood is running through me. He wants the deep fellowship that He & I share when He’s lives in me and is given complete control of my heart and therefore my life.

My life will look different and I should act different because He’s in my heart and I keep that in the forefront of my mind. My praise for Him comes out as He dwells within. I want Him to dwell in me until the very last breath I take.

Pressing On!

Dwayne