"One
thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in
the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the
Lord, and to enquire in His temple. "— PSALMS 27:4
Here
we have man's response to God's desire to dwell in us. When the desire of God
toward us begins to rule the life and heart, our desire is fixed on one thing,
and that is, to dwell in the house of the Lord all the clays of our life, to
behold the beauty of the Lord, to worship Him in the beauty of holiness. And
then to enquire in His temple and to learn what it means that God has said:
"I
the Lord have spoken it, and will do it. And I will yet for this be inquired of
by the house of Israel to do it for them."
The more we realize the desire of God's love
to give His rest in the heart, and the more our desire is thus quickened to
dwell every day in His temple and behold His beauty, the more the Spirit of
intercession will grow upon us, to claim all that in His New Covenant God has
promised. Whether we think of our Church and country, of our home and school,
of our nearer or wider circle; whether we think of the saved and all their
needs, or the unsaved and their danger, the thought that God is indeed longing
to find His home and His rest in the hearts of men, if He be only
"inquired of," will rouse our whole being to strive for Zion's sake
not to hold our peace. All the thoughts of our feebleness and unworthiness will
be swallowed up in the wonderful assurance that He has said of human hearts:
"This
is my rest for everywhere will I dwell; for I have desired it."
As our faith sees how high our calling
is, how indispensable has made fervent, intense, persistent prayer as the
condition oi His purpose being fulfilled, we shall be drawn to give up our life
to a closer walk with God, to an unceasing waiting upon Him, and to a testimony
to our brethren of what God will do in them and in us.
Is it not wonderful beyond all
thought, this Divine partnership, in which God commits the fulfillment of His
desires to our keeping? Shame upon us that we have so little realized it!
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