God’s Sanctuary

Job 18; Psalms 114; Acts 27-28 

“When Israel came out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign tongue, Judah became God’s sanctuary, Israel his dominion.”

Psalm 114:1, 2

God’s presence is within his people, far more than it is within a building. The house of Jacob, the tribe of Judah, and Israel as a nation were all described as God’s people. When we leave the bondage of sin and experience salvation, we, too, leave our ‘Egypt’. We, too, offer our lives as the temple of the Holy Spirit. Collectively, the Church is Christ’s building project. We are ‘being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit’ (Ephesians 2:22). This is our collective witness, that the love of God is transforming us and fitting our lives together to express his glory.

Are we collectively living this gospel witness?

“Lord God, you have delivered me from the bondage of sin and filled me with your Spirit, for your glory. Thank you.”