Devotion Corner
Acts 7:49 Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? Saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest?
The words of Stephen were led by the Holy Spirit, as Stephen taught the Sanhedrin (religious leaders of the day) what a right dividing of the Word of God looks and sounds like. It sounds like a mighty voice from Heaven, heard by a trembling heart that lays itself low before the majesty and power of Almighty God.
Mortal men, women and children, look up at the night sky and gaze in wonder at the immensity of the heavens. Yet all the great expanse that is the universe is but a throne for the majesty and glory of God to sit upon.
We marvel at the wonder that is planet Earth, as we look at stunning pictures of our world that have been captured from space. Yet this great and sizeable world in which we dwell, is nothing compared to the glory of God’s presence. The world plays but as a mere footstool for the awe-inspiring, eternal immensity of God.
We spend thousands of pounds to travel the world and take in the splendour of landmarks crafted by the hands of humanity. Yet who can dare believe that their skills and vision can ever construct a suitable dwelling place for an eternal, Almighty God?! Such is the scale of glory held by the Lord God, that there is no place in all of Creation fit to truly house all His eternal glory.
Yet, He has decreed that He has found His dwelling place in the heart of the repentant sinner. He whose glory cannot be housed by any creation of man, or any great expanse of heaven, has revealed to us in His eternal grace, that He makes a house in which He will dwell. That dwelling place being the heart of the contrite and repentant sinner.
He will craft an abode in the heart of all those who call upon the Lord Jesus Christ for salvation. It is here that God and man are brought together in the rest and peace of Christ Jesus. What a glory of God revealed unto us through His eternal Word! A Word that will never pass away, all to the glory of God forever. Amen.
