Today’s Devotion
Topic: Your Heart Can Be His Home
Text: Psalm 132: 2- 5
2 He swore an oath to the Lord, he made a vow to the Mighty One of Jacob: “I will not enter my house or go to my bed, I will allow no sleep to my eyes or slumber to my eyelids, till I find a place for the Lord, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob. Amen.
David, the man after God’s own heart, makes a vow that he would sacrifice his sleep and his place of abode till he finds a dwelling place for the Lord. Why? Because, where God dwells, His presence is. And in His presence there is the fullness of joy, at His right hand are pleasures evermore (Ps 16: 11).
David loved that presence so much that he would give everything in exchange for it. Moses said to the Lord “If your presence does not go with us, do not send us up from here (Exodus 33: 15). How valuable is the presence of God to you dearly beloved?
Thankfully, as New Testament believers, we don’t necessarily need make a vow to ensure a home for the Lord. Paul asks “do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own (1 Cor. 6:19).
The one desire we should have is to make our hearts God’s dwelling place, His home. “For He does not dwell in the temples made by human hands.” (Acts 7: 48). He wants to dwell in your heart and fill that vacuum left within you.
Jesus says ” Here I am, I stand at the door and knock: If anyone hears my voice, and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me (Rev 3: 20). When you allow Him in, His presence will envelope you, expose you to His mighty power and give you the desire to do His will.
There is, for sure, a sacrifice to be made. Just as David would be willing to sacrifice his sleep and palace – those two representing very things that bring him much earthly joy, so must we also be ready to lay down the very things that bring us worldly happiness but eventually weigh us down spiritually and competes with the Lord for space in our hearts.
Begin to pray with the song “Come and make my heart Your home; Come and be everything I am and all I know; Search me through and through; Till my heart becomes a home for You” (Women of Faith). The heart is full of deceit; push sin out and let God in.
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