Where is God?



I remember being in Sunday School class where we sung the chorus...“Be careful little hands what you do, be careful little tongue what you say, etc. for the Father up above is looking down in love so be careful little hands what you do.” We are taught from an early age  that God is up there in heaven somewhere, looking down on us who live here on earth so we have to be very careful not to do wrong because it makes God angry.

I can remember hearing from the pulpit the voice of the pastor saying “this is the house of God so you had better respect it and be quiet while the service is on." Or after what someone spoke in tongues or had a dance for themselves,he said; “God showed up here tonight."

So why is it we are told that God is up there and we are down here and he may show up now and then when the conditions are right? Really, I can hinder God from showing up because of the way I act? I found it odd to think that God is going to show up only in certain buildings where people meet at set times, with set programs. Doesn’t scripture say that we the people are the "temple of God"? God doesn’t come down because we are in a denominated building that has His approval more than different denominated buildings. Look inside yourself...yes, inside yourself, for that is where God abides.

Jesus prayed in John 17 that we are to be one as he and the father are one. The Spirit lives within us, which to me says God lives within us. We are merged together with Him. We are one with God as Jesus is one with God.

​W​hen​ a man and woman marry​, God says they become one. So it is with God and us. When we put our faith in him and accept his free gift of grace, we become one. We are no longer separate individuals, we are one with God. We aren’t God, but we are merged together as one. We are the temple,​ or dwelling place of God.

​We have to stop believing religious fables and begin living the truth, that we are the temple of the Holy Spirit. God is within us. There is no separation between God and us or no praying God down. We don’t have to follow and keep up with Christ. He is within us.​

We don’t have to wait for Sunday-go-meeting to go to a segregated denominated building for God to show up and bless us, that man-made building isn’t his house. We are the body of Christ, each of us are equally important parts. We are his dwelling place, once a day, every day, all day long.


Let's live like it!

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