MY - YOUR DWELLING PLACE

Just A Thought To Think About – YOUR - MY DWELLING PLACE.

Despite the reality of a growing Homeless Population in our nation, most people have a physical dwelling place called home where they find a place of safety and refuge. It may not be everything one aspires to but it is still a place called home – a place of security and where memories are formed. Some have grown up in a place known as a ghetto, but even there was a sense of community and care.

It is far more important to consider the spiritual dwelling place and how one maintains that special community and relationship. In Psalm 84:1-4, the Psalmist composed: “How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord of hosts! My soul longs, yes, faints for the courts of the Lord; my heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God…Blessed are those who dwell in your house, ever singing Your praise!”

For those whose hope is in God and living as though they are already living in His dwelling Place, on what should one’s mind be fixed, focused upon and dwell? Paul gives us a glimpse of what one is to be and do in Philippians 4:8 (MSG), “Summing it all up, friends, I’d say you’ll do best by filling your minds and meditating (dwelling) on things true, noble, reputable, authentic, compelling, gracious—the best, not the worst; the beautiful, not the ugly; things to praise, not things to curse. Put into practice what you learned…heard…seen and realized.”

If belonging to and anticipating living in God’s Dwelling Place and Presence for eternity is one’s choice and commitment, there should be a reflection of Him and that dwelling place in what we are and do. We should care far more for how we radiate our spiritual dwelling place and The One Who Dwells There than we do for our physical home(s).

Prayerfully – consider these things with me.