John 1:35-42. WHERE DWELLEST THOU? Omnipresent – in every corner and in every hidden place, The universe itself, to Him is only like closet space – For One who is not limited – who dwells above time – There is no place to go where you He cannot find.
In the depths of the oceans, miles from human sight In the caverns – the bowels of the earth where there is no light On the highest peaks, far above the dwelling of normal men – He dwells – the earth itself is only a footstool for Him.
In the open fields where as an infant He lay in His birth – Submitting to mother and Joseph in Nazareth – a village of little worth Dwelling as a man among men in relative obscurity – Was He who made the worlds – a Man, yet incarnate Deity!
Establishing a humble abode – a space for living that He could tell Those who had waited and longed for Messiah here to dwell – Them He called to come follow Him if they so chose – Not to everyone did He reveal Himself – only to those.
But further and more impacting each day to me, Is the fact that here today, with His people He chooses to be. To dwell in the midst of us who He has deigned to call His own – To dwell with us – even the eternal God, who fills heaven’s throne.
In a quiet room where one of His saintly ones kneels in prayer – Out on the busy streets with those who witness – He is there. He dwells with His people – those who are the house of God – He dwells omnipresently – with all those who know Him as Lord.
“I sense Thy presence here in this room, O Lord God. Thy voice to my soul is not silent and the warmth imparted to my spirit is not from manufactured heat – but from the awareness of Thy Person. I fear lest I am imposing here in Thy place of dwelling, and yet I would never want to be in any other place. May I be able to dwell with Thee in this way always. I ask in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.”