In Becoming a dwelling place for God our FOCUS should be towards the awareness of the Holy Spirit inside of us. As the realization of His presence inside of me become a constant reality I become who I am supposed to be.
If I am to be a dwelling place for His constant presence, surely I should be constantly aware of His abiding within. As my focus is turned towards His presence, holiness and nearness inside of me, there is not much energy to be wasted on human frivolities. Our inadequacies or unnecessary emphasis on the importance of the human vessel – me, dissipates. (Jhn14)
I am not the one initiating this. God is. He is the One who have chosen to abide in us through His Spirit. He has made the way for Him to live near, up-close & within the very being who is His own creation. Inferior, weak, inadequate, hopeless, sinful and yet He is able to fill this being with the fullness of Who He is. (Eph 2-4)
He has drawn near to us, while we were still very imperfect, in sin (Rom 3:23). Devoid of any understanding of His greatness, still unable to grasp the wonder of this enigma (Col1).
Where is our focus? Is it to be A Dwelling Place for God?
Instead of focusing on self and all that what has to be accomplished, or to be done (flesh thinking & activities) – how noble and applaudable it may be. Our mission on earth is to be a dwelling place, a holy temple, where the Holy Spirit inhabits fully.
This mission for us is there in order for God’s Holy Spirit to overflow, shining brightly through the being or vessel, unnoticed. His light to be directed towards the one before us. The focus is to be outwards towards the presence of the person before me. Also, as I focus on the inward presence of the Holy Spirit, and not the human vessel itself, me, the Spirit will lead.
Therefore, we will be able to operate from that wonderful mystery of the Spirit within. On the worship and serving by His spirit, not by the flesh, therefore in His Truth.
Good day dear Prayer@The-Gates Partners and Fellow Saints
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We have just come back from a funeral of a dearly beloved and most valued family member, who died under very sad circumstances.
In the light of this…
⏫ As I’ve read to the message of Uncle Anchus this morning (17.10.25, following below), a very solid, simple but weighty truth came into my spirit again.
“We must not touch God’s glory.
Always give credit to God for all blessings and achievements. Acknowledging one’s humanity and dependence on God’s divine power and grace.
Do not draw people to yourself, but rather draw them to Jesus Christ.
✝️ “And as John was finishing his course [of ministry], he kept saying, ‘What or who do you think that I am? I am not He [the Christ]. But be aware, One is coming after me whose sandals I am not worthy to untie [even as His slave]!’”
Acts 13:25 AMP
✝️ “This is the testimony of John [the Baptist] when the Jews sent priests and Levites to him from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?” And he confessed [truthfully] and did not deny [that he was only a man]. But acknowledged, “I am not the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed)!””
John 1:19-20 AMP
✝️ “I am Adonai; that is my name. I yield my glory to no one else, nor my praise to any idol.”
Yesha ‘yahu (Isa) 42:8 CJB
After all is said and done, in the coming and going of every day… in our weighing and measuring of life…,
we should rather conclude that ‘all things in our lives should:-
● lead people to Christ and put the focus squarely on HIM.
● steer away from any form of humanistic idolatry of self or others, no matter how dear or special.
▶️ Then will most of the questions and issues around our own humanity, self-realization, worth and significance in living fall into place. Be founded on the firm foundation of a healthy, holy and pure reverence and awe of God.
▶️This is building your life, living life and grounding faith on the solid foundation of Christ our Cornerstone in order…
▶️ to become a dwelling place for His Holy Spirit!
THIS is the AIM.
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Ephesians 2:21-22 NKJV
[21] in whom the whole building, being fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. [22] in whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.
Eph 2:13-22
(13) But now in Christ Jesus, you who once were [so] far away, through (by, in) the blood of Christ have been brought near.
(14) For He is [Himself] our peace (our bond of unity and harmony). He has made us both [Jew and Gentile] one [body]. And has broken down (destroyed, abolished) the hostile dividing wall between us.
(15) By abolishing in His [own crucified] flesh the enmity [caused by] the Law with its decrees and ordinances [which He annulled]. That He from the two might create in Himself one new man [one new quality of humanity out of the two], so making peace.
Reconciled to God through the Glad Tiding of Peace
(16) And [He designed] to reconcile to God both [Jew and Gentile, united] in a single body by means of His cross, thereby killing the mutual enmity and bringing the feud to an end.
(17) And He came and preached the glad tidings of peace to you who were afar off and [peace] to those who were near. [Isa_57:19]
(18) For it is through Him that we both [whether far off or near] now have an introduction (access) by one [Holy] Spirit to the Father [so that we are able to approach Him].
(19) Therefore you are no longer outsiders (exiles, migrants, and aliens, excluded from the rights of citizens), but you now share citizenship with the saints (God’s own people, consecrated and set apart for Himself); and you belong to God’s [own] household.
A Dwelling Place for God. Are we there yet?
(20) You are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets with Christ Jesus Himself the chief Cornerstone.
(21) In Him the whole structure is joined (bound, welded) together harmoniously, and it continues to rise (grow, increase) into a holy temple in the Lord [a sanctuary dedicated, consecrated, and sacred to the presence of the Lord].
(22) In Him [and in fellowship with one another] you yourselves also are being built up [into this structure] with the rest,
to form a fixed abode (dwelling place) of God in (by, through) the Spirit.
Eph 2:22. Observe,
Not only the universal church is called the temple of God, but particular churches; and even every true believer is a living temple, is a habitation of God through the Spirit. God dwells in all believers now, they having become the temple of God through the operations of the blessed Spirit. And his dwelling with them now is an earnest of their dwelling together with him to eternity.
From: Commentary of Matthew Henry’s on the whole Bible
I pray for a most blessed season in faith for you all.
You are valued and highly appreciated as we may worship our Lord in one accord.
Grace 🔥 Alna