My natural tendency in moments of crisis is to deny it, flee from it, and create a bubble for myself that will make me feel comfortable isolating myself from the people who can counsel me and keep me accountable. I flee like a bird to my own mountain. Is this the way I should behave when there is crisis? Of course not! Even in the face of pain, suffering, and injustice, God wants us to flee to HIS mountain and not ours. He wants us to know that he is still in his holy temple, that he sees what goes on, and that he tests his people through the circumstances of life.
Our confidence in crisis is in a God who is always on his throne ready to hear the plea of his people. Our confidence in crisis is in a God who has given purpose to everything that happens in life, even the most insignificant of events. Our confidence in crisis is in a God who tests his people through those crises to groom and grow our souls for the glory of his name. The Lord is in his holy temple!
Without a doubt, God's holy temple is in the heavens. He is enthroned above all of his creation. In addition to the reality that God is over all his creation, we have the perspective of the new covenant in which we are the holy temple of God. God is enthroned in our hearts and reigns in our individual lives. My confidence is multiplied 100x when I understand that I serve a God who is not only reigning over all creation, but he reigns over my insignificant life every day of my life. I am the holy temple of God!
The promise for those who follow after righteousness, even in the midst of the most intense crisis, is that they will behold God's face - an expression that highlights the intimacy we can have with God in the midst of a crisis. When I feel like I am fainting in a crisis, God wants me to run to his throne and seek his help. Since I am the temple of God, I can do this anywhere at anytime. God promises to allow me to contemplate his being and benefit from the power of his presence. Hallelujah!
Father, may I flee to your throne when crisis strikes my life. May I find you there and behold your face. Amen.
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