House of God??

Have you ever heard the phrase "the house of God"? I bet you've heard it a million times, like, "thank God for bringing us to the 'house of God' this morning" or "Let us go to the 'house of God'" or "don't neglect coming to the 'house of God'". We welcome the Holy Spirit into the 'house of God' and so on and so forth.

Let us think about it for a moment. Are we saying that God lives in "buildings" that we call 'church'? Acts 17:24-25 and Acts 7:48 says that God does not dwell in temples made with hands. So how can we call 'buildings' the 'house of God'?

So where is the house of God? Today, we are the house of God. He has taken up residence inside our hearts.  1 Cor 3:16 says "Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you?  1 Cor 6:19 says, "Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God?"

The kingdom of God is within us today. His throne is in our hearts. After our church services, God does not stay back in the building that we call "church". He does not go out and come into the building every time we "welcome" Him.

And guess what, He plans on staying in your heart; He has no plans to move out. His name is Emmanuel - God with us. He will never leave us nor forsake us. He's not the kind that packs up His bag and leaves at the slightest offense.

So, you are the 'house of God'. Where ever you go, you take the 'house of God' with you. You take Him, the resident in you, with you all the time - to your place of work, school, market, ballgame, you name it. We are ONE with Him. The next time you hear the phrase, 'the house of God', bells should go off in your mind saying 'I am the house of God'.