ABUNDANT LIFE MINISTRIES

(From February 8, 2010)
O.K. imagine this....you hear a knock at your door one day so you open it up, and who is standing there? Your king (or president depending on where you live). As if that was not amazing enough, the request he has for you is mind numbing...he ask you if you can take something off of his hands for a while. Struck by the intrigue and awe of what is happening to you, you inquire, “what is it?” The response is enough to make you think you are getting pranked, but there are no hidden cameras, no actors, no surprises the response is straight forward and serious....The king answers your question, “will you allow the literal presence of God to stay in your home for a while?”

This is essentially what happened to Obed-Edom in 2 Samuel 6:6-12 (read this today, then read it again and again). This account of Obed is not known by many, but I feel like it needs to be discovered by all. Obed-Edom literally means worker/servant worshiper, in other words he was an average joe, he was not a priest or from a family line of royalty but he was chosen to house the “Ark,” the literal dwelling place of the Spirit of God. Needless to say, once he allowed the presence of God to dwell in his house, his life was never the same again. The passage says, “The Lord blessed him and his entire household, and everything he had.” (You can read more about this message on the blog entitled “The Truths of Obed”)

Wow! I wonder....did anybody back then notice God’s commercial break of things to come? I mean how did God get into the house of a common man who wasn’t even a priest? A King brought Him in...right to his door! Hmmm.... God wanting to be in the household of every man.....but who sends a King to knock on doors? Let me answer this rhetorical question for you, “Our father God!” Revelations 3:20 says, “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in...” Jesus, the King of Kings, knocks on the door of your heart, He is requesting entry so the Spirit of God may dwell on the inside of you! God doesn’t want to be housed in a natural building, a temple. Because of the work of Christ we now have the opportunity to be the dwelling place, the house, the temple of God! 1 Corinthians 3:16 states, “Do you not discern and understand that you are God's temple (His sanctuary), and that God's Spirit has His permanent dwelling in you...”

The reality is just as weighty and impacting the decision that Obed-Edom made to allow the Ark (the tangible presence of God) into his home, our decision to allow Him into our heart is just as impacting! The literal Spirit of God comes to dwell and live in you! You are the temple of God!