You can buy amazing things on Amazon. Did you know you can buy a house in an Amazon box? For $18,999, Amazon will deliver a tiny house to a piece of property. This house folds out into a 20’ by 19’ miniature house. The small, portable house offers an alternative to the many in our country who cannot afford the average home, which sells for over $300,000.
God once had a portable home in the tabernacle. The Israelites packed and unpacked it for all the years in the wilderness. In fact, the tabernacle outlived their time of wandering. It lasted until the time when Solomon became King and built the temple his father David had so desired to give to God.
Where does God live today? Does he live on the temple mount in Jerusalem? In one of the great Cathedrals of Europe? Or in one of the churches in our city? We may be sure that God can live anywhere he chooses.
God does not live in houses made by human hands. The universe itself cannot contain him. But God chooses to live in his people. We are the temple of the Holy Spirit. We have been bought at a high price. That is why we must glorify God with our bodies and our spirits which belong to him (1 Corinthians 6:19-20). What did it cost Jesus to purchase for God a house in which he may take up residence? Everything. He died for us. Will we live for him? Honestly, we can’t afford not to.
