1 Kings 8:10-11~ And when the priests came out of the Holy Place a cloud filled the house of the Lord, so the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord.
The presence of the Lord came in as a cloud. This could remind us when the tabernacle was dedicated (Ex. 40:34,35- See also Leviticus 9:23). Both times (Other places in scripture as well) the glory of the Lord was visible in a place of appearance. God was revealing His righteousness, truth, wisdom, and grace. What is interesting is that the priests came to bring the Ark of the Lord into the temple. After they put the Ark in the inner sanctuary of the house of the Lord we see the cloud came and it filled the house so the priest could not stand or even minister.
When it is the glory of the Lord we have to see that we are not worthy to stand and even though the priest had to be clean and sanctify themselves for this act, it does not matter we cannot stand in the presence of the Lord. Not only stand but lowering ourselves in praise and worship and doing nothing of ministering because the Lord was there.
Toay even though we may not have a cloud of God's glory we are able to be in his presence because of what Christ did for us. It is easy to ignore the glory and be so involved in the work and ministering to one another that we forget the glory and just to stop or even stand. It is important that we do the ministering but sometimes that overshadows the true importance, the glory of the Lord.
Lord, may we never become ignorant of your glroy and may we be able to just stop and not minister when it comes to you. You are worthy to show yourself to others with or without us. May we not be focused so much on duty but more on desiring you so we can see your righteousness, holiness, truth, wisdom, and grace- Spread through the nations.
Truth
PJ
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