Shadowed Refuge

How precious is your steadfast love, O God! The children of mankind take refuge in the shadow of your wings. -Psalm 36:7

We have life and breath because of the steadfast love of God. Without a doubt, we have access and redemption in Christ because of love. In this love, we are protected, guarded, and nurtured. 

The work of Christ on the cross has sealed that love, and us, for eternity. We are ever kept, come what may. We are secure in him and recipients of this love in wave after wave of grace. 

As you go through your day, or as you rest in the wake of another long day, know that you have a shadowed refuge. The heat of sin and the world can't wreck you; you are a child of God. Rest in this.

Bigger than Buildings

“But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you; how much less this house that I have built!” -1 Kings 8:27

Solomon had built a grand structure, a temple for the Creator of all. But he was under no delusion that God could be contained; that he would be boxed in to a square room. 

God is bigger than the buildings our minds erect for him. He can't be contained, and he is beyond us and all imagination. In his bigness, from his fullness, he came and lived among us to meet a perfect standard for us and grant life to us. 

 Even in his uncontainable greatness, he heard his people, he made a way for relationship, and he delivered on a promise to have an heir of David's throne reign forever. We now benefit from this great news and are set for an eternity of learning more about this big God. 

Today, don't let your vision of God be confined to the mini temple you are prone to construct. See him revealed in Scripture and recognize the greatness and grace toward you.