[Lord, You have been our dwelling place in all generations…from
everlasting to everlasting Psalm 90:1-2
During this season of reflection and renewal, join me, and let's
explore God’s Presence, our dwelling place.
Are you dwelling in the presence of God? ~ Donna
Howell Oswalt]
"Now the LORD has fulfilled His promise that He made. For I
have risen in the place of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as
the LORD promised, and I have built the house for the name of the LORD, the God
of Israel. 1 Kings 8:20 ESV
In Solomon's Prayer to dedicate
the Temple, he proclaims that there is no other God, reminding Israel to walk
in obedience with the one true God. Solomon exalts God's faithfulness,
acknowledging He is without limits, both near and far, present and infinite. But will God indeed dwell on the earth?
Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain You; how much less this
house that I have built! Solomon's words demonstrate his understanding that
God's presence is not just in the Temple; God chooses to dwell among His
people.
Giving a variety of concerns the
people can bring to God, Solomon dedicates the Temple to be a place of prayer,
a place that God's invisible presence dwells as He listens to the prayers of
His people, a place where God's name is to be honored. God relentlessly loves His people. Infinite
God, my prayers rise like incense. You hear them wherever I am when I shout in
frustration, tremble in fear, groan in desperation, whisper in doubt, argue in
rebellion, weep in regret. Count me alive in Christ. Hear the prayers of all
who call on the name of the true God. ~ dho
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by Donna Oswalt/Co-Founder of Mangrove Ministries/Christian blogger and author
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