When you read about the temple that Solomon built, it’s really amazing to think about how beautiful it must’ve been. I would’ve loved to have seen it.
But for all its beauty, Solomon said,
But who is able to build a temple for [God], since the heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain him? (2 Chronicles 2:6)
A lot of people think of churches or temples as the house of God.
But the truth is, God doesn’t live there. As Solomon said, even the heavens cannot contain him.
And yet, the God that cannot be contained dwells in human hearts.
Probably more stunning than the beauty of Solomon’s temple is that one simple fact.
Think about it. If you’re a Christian, the God who made the universe, lives in you.
Jesus said,
If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching.
My Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our home with him. (John 14:23)
Paul writes that because God the Holy Spirit himself dwells within us, we are the temple of God. (1 Corinthians 6:19)
You may not think that you’re not much. That you have little worth.
But remember that God thinks so much of you, that though the heavens can’t contain him, he dwells with you and within you.
To him, you are a temple far more beautiful than Solomon’s ever was.
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