My Home is Within You

 "My home is within you." Psalm 87:7

That's what it says in Psalm 87. His home is within us. He does not need a key.

Am I comfortable with having Jesus within me? Aren't there places where I would rather put up a sign, "Keep out!" No, Jesus, you can't come into this part of MY house! OOPS! I thought it was Jesus' home?

Well, Jesus is a gentleman and He will NEVER barge into places of our lives He is not wanted. Rather sad really because any place He is welcome will be all the better for it!

There is no place we can go where God is not present.

I remember when I was young and we went  to Australia. I felt guilty spending so much money when there were so many hungry people in the world. One morning during the vacation, I prayed about where God would want me to go and I felt He wanted me to be surrounded by His creation. “Go and smell the flowers." 

My mom and I visited the Royal Botanic Gardens in Melbourne and we arrived just in time for the free tour. As the guide pointed out the beautiful plants, flowers and trees, I felt God's love surround me. Then the guide said, “Smell the flowers."

I bent down and I distinctly remember to this day, the palpable feeling that God was telling me, “You are in the right place at the right time."

How wonderful to know that we can never leave God behind, even if we reject Him, or His presence! Whatever we do, wherever we are, we can look for Him. And we will find Him. That is His promise. He lives within us.  His Spirit is what gives us life! We are soooo blessed, sooo favored!