Blessing No:[5] The Habitation.
In Genesis 2: 8, we read "The Lord God planted a Garden toward the east, in Eden and there placed the man whom He had formed". People dream to own a house, but from the very beginning God placed the man in a very beautiful Home. Ex15:13 says, "In Your loving kindness You have led Your people, in Your strength You have guided them to Your Holy Habitation". In Ps 26:8 David said I love the Habitation of Your House and the place where Your glory dwells.
In Mat 12:43-45, we see Jesus speaking about the unclean spirits. The unclean spirit goes out of a man and later returns to see the condition of the place it left. If it finds the house unoccupied, it goes and brings along seven other spirits more wicked than itself and goes to live there. If you give a foothold to the devil through sin, it will make a stronghold in you. Your sin gives the devil a legal authority to occupy your life, and that makes the last state of that man worse than the first. Submit to God and resist the devil. Welcome the word of God and the Holy Spirit to come and occupy your life, then you'll be transformed into a Temple of the Holy Spirit.
When we invite Jesus into our lives, He comes to abide in us as our Lord and King. A Father to the fatherless and a judge for the widows is God in His Holy Habitation. Eternal God is your dwelling place. Jesus redefined the word habitation. He said in Jn15:7, If you abide in Me and My words abide in you, ask what ever you wish and it will be done for you. 1Jn 2:24 says, if what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Son and in the Father. 2Jn 1:9 says, anyone who does not abide in the teaching of Christ, does not have God; the one who abides in the teaching has both Father and the Son. What a privilege we are getting by truly obeying the word of God!!! Ps 132:13 says, the Lord has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His Habitation.
The touch of the Holy Spirit during an alter call is a temporary visitation of God. It is just the beginning of the process to bless you and occupy you as a permanent habitation of God through your constant communion with the Holy Spirit. But sometimes we receive the touch of God and get satisfied with out moving with the Spirit into the deeper things of God. The seven great ingredients cooked together in our every day lives will produce the sweets aroma of God pleasing worship. [1] The Sanctification of our body, mind and spirit with the blood of Jesus. [2] The Transformation of life through the listening and doing of the deep rooted word of God. [3] The Meditation through prayer and Bible study to focus our every day thought life on God. [4] The Revelation in our spirit through seeking God earnestly with all our heart. [5] The Manifestation of God's power in our body as Jesus baptize us in the Holy Spirit and Fire. [6] The Habitation of God being built in our whole being through inseparable communion.[7] The Commission and empowerment to move every day in the Spirit as the spotless bride of the Lamb who makes Disciples of Jesus all over the world. Our King Jesus is coming soon.
My friend at what point is your worship standing right now. Ps 24: 3-4 says, "Who may stand in His Holy place? He who has clean hands and pure heart, this is the generation of those who seek Him". Amen...VJ Traven
