God Dwells Among Men

  "Can it indeed be that God dwells among men on earth?" 1 Kings 8:27

This was King Solomon's question. “If the heavens and the highest heavens cannot contain you, how much less this temple which I have built!" he continued in awe.  

Are we in awe when we pray to God?  Are we amazed that God came down to our level to be with us, the Emmanuel? Do we marvel that the creator of Super novas, the majestic mountains, mighty dinosaurs, allows us to visit Him in churches built by man?  And not only that, He wants, desires, longs, that we invite Him into the temple of our own feeble hearts.  He actually prefers to dwell in our hearts rather than the grand Cologne Cathedral, the historic Notre Dame in Paris, the awesome Sagrada Familia, no matter how beautiful they are. 

In little more than a week it will be Ash Wednesday, 

and we can moan and groan about this Lenten journey of fasting and abstinence, or we can welcome it as a pilgrimage to walk more closely with the God who loves us so inconceivably. 

One of my favorite songs is "More than Wonderful", 

best sang by Sandi Patty and Larnelle Harris. 

It goes, "I stand amazed when I think that the King of glory

Should come to dwell within the heart of man

I marvel just to know He really loves me

When I think of who He is, and who I am.

For He's more wonderful than my mind can conceive, 

He's more wonderful than my heart can believe; 

He goes beyond my highest hopes and fondest dreams; 

He's everything that my soul ever longed for, 

Everything He promised and so much more; 

More than amazing, More than marvelous, 

More than miraculous could ever be; 

He's more than wonderful; That's what Jesus is to me!"