Ps 46:4- The holy place of the tabernacle of the Most High. David had a revelation of the presence of God, the house of God, and the special purpose of God’s house to be the place where God abides and reveals Himself to the world. This is why David famously sang, “One thing I have desired of the LORD, that will I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD,”
Paul said the church existed to be the habitation of the Spirit. Think about the power of that statement, the church exists for God to live in and reveal Himself to the world. Here is how Spurgeon described this:
“The holy place of the tabernacle of the Most High. This was the peculiar glory of Jerusalem, that the Lord within her walls had a place where he peculiarly revealed himself, and this is the choice privilege of the saints, concerning which we may cry with wonder, “Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?” To be a temple for the Holy Ghost is the delightful portion of each saint, to be the living temple for the Lord our God is also the high honour of the church in her corporate capacity. Our God is here called by a worthy title, indicating his power, majesty, sublimity, and excellency; and it is worthy of note that under this character he dwells in the church. We have not a great God in nature, and a little God in grace; no, the church contains as clear and convincing a revelation of God as the works of nature, and even more amazing in the excellent glory which shines between the cherubim overshadowing that mercy seat which is the centre and gathering place of the people of the living God. To have the Most High dwelling within her members, is to make the church on earth like the church in heaven.”
God’s people who have been touched powerfully by the Spirit know what I am saying, there is nothing like worshipping in God’s house and coming into the amazing presence of God. As His people worship with one voice the glory of the Lord fills the house. This is where the believers are built up and empowered and the lost meet our beautiful Savior. This is where the sick are healed, the prisoners are set free, and the depressed are filled with unspeakable joy. No wonder David called His church the tabernacle of God, the holy dwelling place of the Most High. This is where I long to be now and into eternity. Like David, I will dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life. See you in church.