The House

I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD. Psalm 122:1

Some of you have picked up on the fact that calling a church building "the house of God" is a pet peeve of mine. As Paul demanded, "What? Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit?" This is a serious matter. In the time of the Old Testament God's presence came to His people in the temple--God's House--and only there. But when Christ came that all changed. That's why He told the Samaritan woman at the well that "the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him." We don't have to go anywhere to find God's presence now--He came to us! He's with US! The house of God IS us! This should revolutionize our lives in every way. David was glad when he went to the house of the Lord. How much more excited ought we be that the house of God has come to us?