The Lord is in His holy temple. Let all the earth keep silent before Him. ( Habakkuk 2:20)
I wonder how many of us would just rush into the presence of a king. Go willy-nilly, barefoot and unprepared to see Queen Elizabeth. We could not even get near her, much less approach her throne, without express invitation and much adherence to protocol. Then, like Esther, a queen herself, we would not speak until given permission.....until spoken to. There is just something awesome about royalty.
Our King....well, He is King of Everything. We, His subjects, need to develop a healthy reverence for His might. He can SEE us from His throne. He is watching and ruling, not just what we do with our lives, but what we do with our hearts.
Psalm 11:4 The Lord is in His holy temple. The Lord's throne is in heaven. His eyes see, His eyelids test the children of men.
When my mother wanted to know if I was being truthful, she would look a little closer into my eyes, her eyelids closed ever so slightly, as she peered into my eyes for the truth. God looks at us that way. Peering into our motives, narrowing in on our actions, watching intently our lives. The King of Everything is that interested and invested in us.
God is in His holy temple. The word is qodesh - something consecrated, set aside for sacred use. Undefiled. From this place the Lord watches all sorts of defilement and cruelty. The Great Undefiled must test and measure the defiled. What joy it must bring Him to see His children really putting out the effort to make His eyes dance. While He is watching me today, I really want to be conscious of His holiness. To be in awe of the fact that He watches and does not yet destroy. To look in His face, having been properly prepared to enter His throne room by the Lamb at His side, and seek favor and direction. To kiss the Son. To have the King say: "She is getting it right. She is finally getting it right."
I wonder how many of us would just rush into the presence of a king. Go willy-nilly, barefoot and unprepared to see Queen Elizabeth. We could not even get near her, much less approach her throne, without express invitation and much adherence to protocol. Then, like Esther, a queen herself, we would not speak until given permission.....until spoken to. There is just something awesome about royalty.
Our King....well, He is King of Everything. We, His subjects, need to develop a healthy reverence for His might. He can SEE us from His throne. He is watching and ruling, not just what we do with our lives, but what we do with our hearts.
Psalm 11:4 The Lord is in His holy temple. The Lord's throne is in heaven. His eyes see, His eyelids test the children of men.
When my mother wanted to know if I was being truthful, she would look a little closer into my eyes, her eyelids closed ever so slightly, as she peered into my eyes for the truth. God looks at us that way. Peering into our motives, narrowing in on our actions, watching intently our lives. The King of Everything is that interested and invested in us.
God is in His holy temple. The word is qodesh - something consecrated, set aside for sacred use. Undefiled. From this place the Lord watches all sorts of defilement and cruelty. The Great Undefiled must test and measure the defiled. What joy it must bring Him to see His children really putting out the effort to make His eyes dance. While He is watching me today, I really want to be conscious of His holiness. To be in awe of the fact that He watches and does not yet destroy. To look in His face, having been properly prepared to enter His throne room by the Lamb at His side, and seek favor and direction. To kiss the Son. To have the King say: "She is getting it right. She is finally getting it right."
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