"Rest Assured"

"For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation." (Psalms 132:13)

   If you want to know the truth, if you just love God, really love Him and believe He loves you, then everything will be okay for you, no matter what this life dishes out. Back to the point about the Temple; it is you and I that we are talking about, we are His Temple, because He dwells in us, His children. Paul makes this point in 1 Corinthians 6:19, saying, "What! know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?" Our bodies belong to God; therefore, we are God's Temple. "The Zion of the Holy One of Israel," which means that it is sacred to Him! He has chosen it, and desires to dwell in it! You can't make this stuff up! Which makes me wonder where all the false doctrines originate and why so many people fall for them. I have heard Pastor Mike say, over and over, that the reason Satan revolted and was able to get other angels to follow, was because of the special treatment God intended for man. We are extremely special in His eyes; He created us to be near and dear to His heart; so much so, that it was His plan all along to take us residence within us, that we and He could be one. Crazy, I know, right? Why would the God of all creation what to dwell in us? You are loved by God, don't ever doubt that! There is no other way to explain it, other than the fact that He loves us, so so much! And the greatest and most wonderful news of all, is that He has chosen us; He has chosen me, therefore I rest assure in the fact that everything is going to be okay, even when I doubt myself, He is mightier and more faithful than I can ever be. Who is the One in control, is it me or God? I have said it before and I will say it again; the sign above the entrance into Heaven has two sides, the one you see coming in, and the one you see once you are in there: "Whosoever," and, "The Chosen"...

"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: according as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: have predestined us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved: in whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace; wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence; having made known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself: that in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him." (Ephesians 1:3-10)