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Devotional Journey Through the Psalms: Psalm 90
-Roy Lessin, Meeting in the Meadow
Lord, You have been our dwelling place in all generations
(Psalm 90:1).
The following illustration will help us gain a fresh
understanding of the significance of having the Lord as our dwelling place…
Imagine a hiker is on a walk in the mountains. It's a nice
day in late fall when he begins his hike.
Unexpectedly, the weather changes and the temperature drops.
Storm clouds gather. The hiker begins to look for shelter. Ahead of him, a few
hundred yards off the main trial, he notices a log house.
When he arrives at the house he knocks on the door. There is
no answer. As he wonders what to do, the storm begins to unleash its furry. Temperatures plunge, the wind increases and snow begins to fall.
The house is
the hiker's only chance to escape the storm. He walks around the house and
looks through a few windows. To his delight, he sees food supplies on the
shelves, bottled water on the kitchen table, blankets on a chair, warm clothing
hanging from hooks on the wall, and a tall pile of firewood next to the
fireplace.
Everything the hiker needs is in the house: food, drink, dry
clothing, warmth, comfort, shelter.
But he can't get in. He has no key, and the windows and
doors are locked. Frustrated, he decides to take another look through a
different window. To his surprise, he sees the figure of a man sleeping in an
easy chair in the corner of the living room. The hiker realizes that the things
he needs can be available to him if he can awaken the man and get him to open
the door and invite him in.
The hiker pounds loudly at the door and looks through the
window again. He sees the man beginning to stir and get to his feet. The hiker
knocks again, excited that help is on the way!
The story of the hiker is not an illustration of what our
relationship with God looks like as believers in Jesus Christ. In fact, it is
the opposite. We are not trying to gain entrance into God's house, and we do
not need to be "pounding on the door of His promises" hoping to get
His attention so we can receive what we need and find shelter from the storms
of life.
As a believer in Jesus Christ, you are already in the house.
You can't plead your way in, you can't buy your way in, and you can't earn your
way in.
God welcomed you and brought you into His place of refuge
through grace the day you gave your heart to Him.
You are in Christ, not separated from Him; you are a friend,
not a stranger; you are an heir, not an alien; you are a child, not an orphan,
you are in the household of faith, not an outsider.
As someone who is in God's family, you have complete access
to all God has provided for you through His Son—every spiritual blessing is
yours; you are complete in Him; He is your life; He is in you and you are in
Him; He is your "yes" to every promise.
When you bring your needs to God in prayer, ask, not as an
outsider looking in, but as a child who is living in your Father's house. Ask
in full assurance of faith. And as you ask, hear Him say, "You will be satisfied with the fullness of My house.
Come drink at the stream of My pleasures."
At that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you
in Me, and I in you ( John 14:20 NKJV).
Insight: God’s house is not a building, it’s you!
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