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COME, LORD JESUS
Do you want God to come to your home? I do. I am looking for the Lord’s coming, but I am looking for Him to come before He comes! In other words, I need Him now. I want my home to be filled with His presence.I love the words of Psalm 24:7-10. Some commentators believe these words speak of bringing the ark of the covenant into the temple to dwell between the cherubims where God resided in His shekinah glory.
“Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty inbattle.
Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of glory shall come in.
Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory.”
God no longer dwells in a temple in Jerusalem. Since Jesus died and rose again, He now dwells in His born again people. We have become His Holy of Holies on this earth.
We should also lift up our heads and our hands toward the Lord and ask Him to come in. We can be so focused on our problems and difficulties and that is all we look at. God waits to come but we would rather concentrate on our heartaches and tribulations.
Can I encourage you today to lift up your heart and your head to Him? Who is this One who wants to come into your home? It is the King of Glory! He wants to bring His glory to your home which speaks of His presence. Heaven is a place of glory and He wants to make your home on earth a place of glory (Matthew 6;10 and Luke 11:2).
“But I’ve got too many battles going on in my home,” you say. Read the Scrpture again. Who is this One who wants to come into your home? He is the LORD who is MIGHTY IN BATTLE. He is the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Heaven. He is a man of war (Exodus 15:3). He fights for you (Exodus 14:14). And He wants to come into your home.
Lift up your heart to Him. Lift up your head. Lift up your hands in your home and ask Him to come!
Be blessed today,
Nancy Campbell
