YOU ARE THE FOCUS OF HIS INDWELLING PRESENCE
REV. EKOW ESHUN.
SCRIPTURE: II CORINTHIANS 6:16 (AMPL)
”What agreement [can there be between] a temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God; even as God said, I will dwell in and with and among them and will walk in and with and among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.”
What an amazing experience! What a mighty testimony! To know that your body has become the temple of the living God and His divine presence is in you. Hallelujah forevermore! If there are any truths that strongly and clearly describe the life of the new creation, this is one of them. Your body has become God’s dwelling place and the Spirit of God is joined to your spirit as one Spirit with your body as his temple.
This has been God’s desire and intention long before it came to pass. He has always desired to be intimate in close fellowship with man. However, because man’s disobedience brought about his sinful nature through Adam, close fellowship with man became impossible. God began to reveal to several Old Testament prophets what His true intentions were and how He would accomplish it through salvation by faith in Christ Jesus.
This idea of dwelling in man, to have fellowship with man and to express Himself through man is what is often referred to as ”the mystery” by Apostle Paul. Colossians 1, verse 27.
”To whom God was pleased to make known how great for the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ within and among you, the Hope of [realizing the] glory.” (AMPL)
Christ Jesus was the mystery revealed. Christ Jesus living in us, having fellowship with us and operating in and through us His bride, body or church, to bless the world is what the riches of this mystery is all about. A full understanding and application of this truth requires that you and I desire to know Him more and to grow more daily. Like a wife, you only get to know your rich and powerful husband better as you constantly spend time with him.
Why did the Father plan for and do all this? Because, you are the main focus of His indwelling presence. This is what today’s verse emphasizes. You were born again so that in Christ Jesus, the presence of God could dwell in you by His Spirit for fellowship with Him and to express Him to the world around you. That’s why we are sometimes called “associates of the Godkind.”
Praise be to God! He planned to dwell in you. Now that He truly dwells in you, you must now seek to understand, value and maximise His person and presence in your life. Actually, He is your life and your greatest treasure. He is the reason you are alive in Christ Jesus. The reason you live is to worship Him. Ask yourself today, “how much do I value the Lord Jesus and His presence in my life?”
PRAYER
Words fail me to thank you for your presence in my life, dear Father. Your love for me is amazing and indescribable. You sent Christ Jesus into the world so that in believing and receiving Him, my body would become the temple of your divine presence. Oh what a joy, what a divine fellowship I am having with you! You are worthy of my praise. What a difference you have made in my life already! I love you Lord. Thank you Father in Jesus’s name, Amen.
FURTHER READING (NKJV)
COLOSSIANS 1:12-18
[12]giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light.
[13]He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love,
[14]in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.
[15]He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
[16]For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him.
[17]And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.
[18]And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence…”