No, I'm not talking about a physical building. "Therefore by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name." (Hebrews 13:15) "I appeal to you therefore, brethren, and beg of you in view of [all] the mercies of God, to make a decisive dedication of your bodies [presenting all your members and faculties] as a living sacrifice, holy (devoted, consecrated) and well pleasing to God, which is your reasonable (rational, intelligent) service and spiritual worship." (Romans 12:1 Amp.) Finally, "To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory."(Col. 1:27)
We see clearly in these passages that we are to become "His House of Worship". The building is the presenting of our body, our voice, our heart and complete availability to the Lord, His power and presence, and His Word.
Our house of worship is framed right where we live. A wonderful blueprint, supplies, and materials for construction of our house of worship are found in His Word - beginning with the wonderful ancient worship book: The Psalms. God's unchanging truths and principles of worship flow forth from the pages of the Psalms. It is one of the reasons I committed years ago to read all the way through the Psalms every month.
These great exhortations of David, calling Israel to the worship of YAHWEH, are the guidelines to New Testament believers as we learn to worship. These truths are timeless. Humility, confession, repentance, childlikeness, and an open-heart before our Lord gives us instruction and inspiration for building our individual houses of worship.
And, quite frankly, the worship of the gathered church is totally dependent on each of us building our individual house of worship. When that happens, the church will be completely overwhelmed by the worship of the people of God and the power of His Holy presence among us. Let us build our house of worship so that when we gather - God is in the house!!! mjm
