[Awake4HisReturn] Fw: [FaithatWork] devotion, Wed. 2/9/11, The King of Glory
From: Stephen C <faithandworklife@yahoo.com>
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Sent: Wed, February 9, 2011 12:09:44 PM
Subject: [FaithatWork] devotion, Wed. 2/9/11, The King of Glory
The King of Glory
By: Bill Dalgetty
Psalm 24:9-10
Lift up your heads, O you gates; lift them up, you ancient doors, that the king of glory may come in. Who is he, this king of glory? The Lord Almighty - he is the king of glory.
Lift up the gates of my heart, O Lord, that you may enter and remain forever. Let the love and mercy from your presence in my heart be manifest to all whom I encounter, to all you place in my path - my wife and family, colleagues, bosses, subordinates, customers, suppliers and strangers.
The psalmist was likely declaring that the gates of the city or temple be opened so that the people could experience God's visitation, but Jesus announced that a time was coming and has now come when people would worship God neither on a mountain nor in Jerusalem where the temple was located, but would worship the Father in spirit and truth (John 4:23). He would later declare that the the Kingdom is within you (Luke 17:21).
St. Paul would add, Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you? (1 Cor. 3:16) God's desire is not to reside in a temple of bricks and mortar, but in the temple of our hearts. When we open the gates of our hearts to his presence, God shares his own Holy Spirit with us. The Spirit of God comes to dwell in us and empower us to do the same things that Jesus did and even greater still. God's love becomes our love, his strength becomes our strength and his word becomes our word - all for the purpose of bringing about his kingdom through us here and now.
Amazing!
TAKE THE CHALLENGE: Have you opened the gates of your heart fully to the King of Glory?
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