"A Place For The LORD" -2

"Until I find out a place for the LORD, a habitation for the mighty God of Jacob." (Psalms 132:5)

  Be that as it may, the LORD has far more grace and mercy, than I have the ability to spend on my own selfishness. With that, let me ask you: What takes the most faith to believe in, God's grace, or God's mercy? I truly wish I could share what God is speaking into my heart, because that is the part of God we need to realize: His mercy is always new and available in a moment, but it is accepted totally by faith! (Suddenly I feel the need to pray.) The part that put it into perfect perspective is the not the 'place' but the part that says, "find out." We can see God's hand working through grace, as He pours out blessings and leads us through all sorts of life experiences; but mercy is felt with peace and rest in God, by knowing in our hearts of hearts that we are forgiven and placed in a right relationship with our Heavenly Father! This requires more than just faith in God's forgiveness, this requires that we totally and completely believe that He loves us. This is a place where we can enter in, because we know the God of Jacob loves us: The Mighty God of Jacob! The God that not only changes a man's name, but He changes a man's heart and gives him the hope to believe in something greater than the things that are seen, the things that are realized in our daily lives. In a nutshell, this is not just about us finding a place, but this is about us being found in Him! Do you believe it and can you receive it! That is the point of what I believe God is speaking into my heart. Another thing Pastor Jon was sharing about, was how much we allow the things that come into our hearts and minds to alter our ability to rejoice in the Lord. Maybe we just don't feel worthy enough to be sanctified; maybe we don't feel that we are able to be that man or woman that God has called us to be. But God, who makes dry bones come to life, who raises the dead, and who holds all things together; He is the same God that is living inside you, waiting for you to see exactly Who is worthy and able! Because if we are waiting for it to be you or me, we are never going to find that habitation for the mighty God of Jacob...

"For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father. Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God; and are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; in whom all the building framed together groweth unto a holy temple in the Lord: in whom ye also are builded together for a habitation of God through the Spirit." (Ephesians 2:18-22)