"Our Dwelling Place" -2

"Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shall thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed." (Psalms 37:3) When it comes to being fed, I am sure that it means more than food; although, Jesus told us not to worry about food or clothing, I am pretty sure He meant anything that had to do with sustaining our natural bodies, including those things like houses, cars, or all the other things we think we are to have. That said, there are things that we need to be fed, and they are things that we need to have some concern over; as in, Praying that God would fill us with His Holy Spirit, and filling our minds with the Word of God so that we should not sin against Him; and in a most interesting way of thinking, we must feed upon our Lord Jesus Christ! One of the benefits that comes with dwelling in Christ, is that He dwells in us; literally, He takes residence within our hearts, comforting us, sharing His ways with us; pouring His heart out into our hearts, that not only we can have the strength to overcome, but we have the greatest desire to be as He is, which is Holy. In Paul's letter to Philippi, he opens his letter exhorting them and speaking of his prayer for them, of which he says, "Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God" (1:11). These "fruits of righteousness" are not of our own, but are of Christ who dwells in us; just as Jesus spoke of water that would satisfy forever, in John 4:13, the water is not only Jesus, but it is the Righteousness of God, of which Jesus spoke of in John 6:26-40, as He referred to Himself as the "True Bread from Heaven"; telling those that sought Him for more filling from food, "not to labor for those things which perish, but for the meat that endures unto everlasting life". Much as God has spoken through Isaiah 55, how we must not toil after righteousness, but rather seek Him, and let Him be our righteousness, as He pours His righteousness into us. Much also, as John writes, as he explains the "Love of God", and how God's love dwelling within us causes us to "keep His commandments: and His commandments are not grievous". (1 John 5:3) So for us that are His children, the land in which we dwell is Christ Jesus, in whom we trust and believe; and because we do trust and believe in Him, therefore He dwells in us; so really, that only real good that we need to do, is to believe in Him, and let Him do the rest... "For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God? This is He that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth. For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are One. And there are three that bear witness in earth, the spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these agree in one. If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which He has testified of His Son. He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made Him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of His Son. And this is the record, that God hath given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life." (1 John 5:4-12)