A WORD IN SEASON TO THE WEARY
November 20🌷🌷
“…God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them” (2 Cor. 6:16).
God wants a home where He can give and receive love, and that is why He said to the children of Israel through Moses, “Build me a sanctuary, that I may dwell in their midst”. You might be employed in a hospital, school or college, or in a Government office. Your office might be a grand building, and your seat very comfortable and convenient with electric light and fan, and occasional cups of tea; yet you would never call it your home. In spite of all its attractions, it is only your office, and as soon as the clock strikes you will say, “I am going home!” Actually, your home might be only one small room, which is sitting room, bed room, kitchen and bathroom all combined, without any space for a table or a chair; it might have only one tea pot with a broken spout: yet you call it your home! Why so? It is because your wife and children, or father and mother are there. Walls, tables and chairs do not make a home, love given and love received makes your home a very sweet place. God is love, and He loves us and He wants us also to love Him. In that sense God wants us to make a home for Him, and He says, “Let them build me a sanctuary that I may come and live among them”.
The trouble is that even though God loves us, we do not know how to receive His love and love Him in return. There are many children who love their parents only for the sake of money and other good things which they receive from them. While I was in London I became a slave to many evils. Whenever I wanted money I would write a long letter of five pages or more to my father or mother and give them all the news in detail. Finally I would write, “Please send me Rs 500/-“. After the money arrived I would not have time for even a letter of thanks for another two months, until all the money was spent. In the same way many people want God only for some earthly benefit. When they are in trouble, affliction or sorrow, they will pray much; but when they have no trouble they will never pray. Unless we pray, we will not enjoy communion with God, and God will not be able to pour out His love upon us. And then, God needs a house in which He can have communion with His people. So that is why God said to the children of Israel, “Let them build me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them”.
