Habitation part 5
God has builded us together as a habitation for Him to live in. When Jesus was lifted up on the cross He drew all men into Himself, and planted Himself in all men. That's where we are. That's WHO we are. We are the house of the Lord. We don't just GO to church... we ARE the church. We don't need God to "come." He's already here. Inside us. Look at Revelation 21:3, "I heard a voice thunder from the Throne: "Look! Look! God has moved into the neighborhood, making his home with me and women! They're his people, he's their God." God built a habitation for Himself... and then He took up abode in it. That's important. Because if we're trying to get God to move in... we're missing out on the truth that He has already moved in. He lives in us. Right now. Today. And when God moved in He SETTLED in. He doesn't have any plans on moving out. This idea we have where we pick flower petals, "He loves me, He loves me not," is totally false. God's love for us isn't predicated on what we do. It is predicated on who we are. And really, it is predicated on who HE is. The God who IS love, loves us. Period. No matter what. Now watch this, "And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them" (Isaiah 65:21). We are meant to enjoy what God has given us. And there IS work involved--not works and labor, because works don't work--but the maximum effort of love. Rest is not inactivity. Rest is Holy Spirit directed activity. Love is the most you can do for someone. Even when it seems small, even when it seems like its the least you can do. So what I'm saying is, some plant... some water... but it is God that gets the harvest. If your portion is to plant... plant. If you don't love the people that you come into contact with, its possible that no one will. But if you DO love those that you come into contact with... you will enjoy the fruit of that labor of love. God is love. And love means "love feast." So while He's ringing the dinner bell, we all get to eat. The people you invite into your life, the people you build relationships with, get to enjoy that feast with you. Even as you enjoy it with them. To live is to love. To love is to live. God living in us means love is living in us. We get to live in the house we (HE) built. We get to enjoy the fruit in the vineyard that we (HE) planted. Because it is the power of God in us that is capable of more than we could even ask or think. It is God living HIS life of love in us, and through us, and as us. He inhabits us even as we inhabit Him. Again, Jesus drew us all into Himself and planted Himself in us. We live in Him--in love--because He lives in us. Because LOVE lives in us. And what's inside WILL come out. It has to. Its too big to stay hidden. Especially when you fill yourself to overflowing with what you've been filled with by letting God love the hell out of you. By knowing and believing that God's love--that God Himself--is in us. You can't give what you don't have. And you can only give what you do have. Letting God live in the habitation HE built--us--is how we live, or abide, or dwell, in His love. Living in love means giving what you've got. Letting what's inside come out!