Most Holy Sanctuary

Our great Father who is so greatly to be praised, will be you come and be in our presence this day? Not just for the hour, or moment, but for the whole day? And may such a presence with our Lord be renewed every morning. Come visit us, speak to us, show us who you are and show us your great love. We understand so little about you Father, but want to understand so much, give us but one more revelation about who you are to think on, that we may enjoy you further. Praise your holy name and allow us your presence. In Jesus name, Amen.

I have a bad habit of reading my Bible, enjoying the time I'm in God's presence, and then going about my day like nothing had happened. My prayer for you, friends, is that you will be refreshed by your daily reading of the Bible that I hope your engaged in. However, not only do I pray you will be refreshed by the wondrous word of God, but I pray that you will be changed daily to be more like Christ by the word of God. The purpose of reading and meditating on the word of God is not only to know God better, but to take steps towards being a better follower of Christ. The Christian shouldn't only want to know God, but to follow him.

My brothers and sister, set your mind and your heart on the things of God when you awake from bed. Every day, set up a sanctuary in your hearts as a place to go and think on things of God, let your heart be changed by the grace of God, and sit in reverence of who God is. God's children are honorable vessels to be used to honor God, wake up with that duty in mind. Let us all arise in the morning with the desire to hear our savior speak and the ability to listen to him when he does. Do not only set up this sanctuary for your time set aside to be with God, but run to it over and over again all the day long. When you are weary, go to the sanctuary. When you are excited, go to the sanctuary. When you need wisdom, go to the sanctuary. This is obviously not a physical sanctuary, but it is a place set aside in your mind for the praise and worship of our God.

The Holy Spirit lives within us brothers and sisters. Therefore we are the Holy Spirits place of residence. The world does not have to be quiet to feel God's presence; life does not have to be easy to feel God's presence, for he lives within us. We just have to listen to what he is saying. We are a sanctuary for the dwelling place of God, what an honor! Let our bodies be, at least, somewhat worthy of being such a holy place. May we focus, throughout our whole lives, on what it means to be a sanctuary to the most high God. It means that we should truly focus on that presence that is within us and follow it; it means that God truly is with us all of our days; it means that God loves us so much that he chose to dwell within us and change us to be more like him; it means also that we have a responsibility to hold up the name of Christ.

We are where the Holy Spirit has chosen to dwell that he may change us from the inside out. My brothers and sisters, never forget that you are the place of God. Let this change your life and apply to everything you do. Wake up every morning with a desire to understand and live for Christ. Set your minds on the things of God, so much so that the devil is distressed the moment your feet hit the floor every morning. Hold up the name of Christ through the power of the Spirit and always return to God. God is righteous, he is just, he will change you into who he wants you to be if you are a Child of God. Remain in the faith and never lose sight of what is important my brothers and sisters.

"Now set your mind and heart to seek the Lord your God. Arise and build the sanctuary of the Lord God, so that the ark of the covenant of the Lord and the holy vessels of God may be brought into the house built for the name of the Lord." - 1 Chronicles 22:19