PSALM 22:3 AMPC – But You are holy, O You who dwell in [the holy place where] the praises of Israel [are offered].
PSALM
22:3 KJV – but thou are holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.
I have heard
this verse all of my life, God inhabits the praises of His people. Just recently
this verse came to my mind & the word “inhabit” stuck out to me. The
Amplified version says dwell in. So I did a bit of research just to gain
a greater understanding of this verse.
The word inhabit means – live in or occupy.
The word dwell means – to live or stay as a permanent
resident; reside
Now we are
taught at a young age that when we are saved, God is living inside of us. As
adults we realize this means His spirit lives within us continually. Since the
Trinity (Father, Son & Holy Spirit) are three in one, this means that God
in the spirit dwells inside of me.
As
Christians, God dwells within us, but do you take the time to invite Him into
EVERY aspect of your life? God is a gentleman and will never go where He is not
invited or welcomed. He will never force himself on anyone.
You may not
realize it but your time of prayer and devotion is a form of worship but it is
not quite the level of actual praise and worship. This can be in the form of
worship songs, like you would sing in church, or taking your favorite verse of
the bible and putting it to song. Or simply just expressing to God just how
much He means to you.
When we take
the time, outside of normal prayer and devotion time, to truly worship God, you
are taking the time to acknowledge and adore Him just for who He is. That is
going above and beyond the day in day out norm. Now your consistent prayer and devotional
time is extremely important. The Bible calls the word His bread. We definitely
need spiritual food to keep going.
For example,
the individuals that you live at home with, your spouse, kids, parents, siblings
etc. Do you take the time, every now and again, to let them know how much they really
mean to you? If you never did that person might begin to wonder if you really
loved them. Now if you are living with a roommate for a temporary amount of
time, then you would not take as much stock in that relationship because that
is not quite the same level. But with God, He is a permanent resident in our lives,
and we must take the time to acknowledge Him and all that He has done for us and
let Him know how much we love Him.
Our Heavenly
Father longs to hear from your heart. He wants more than our so-called grocery
list of things we want from Him. Take the time today to simply just LOVE ON
HIM.
