July 15, 2025 – Who is God Living With?

Who is God Living With?

July 15, 2025

KEY FROM GOD’S WORD:

Psalm 15:1
LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill?

 

THOUGHTS ON GOD’S WORD:

 

     At the time of the writing of Psalm 15:1, the question and answer were somewhat clear. Who shall abide in the temple and dwell in the holy hill? The answer then would have been the Priests. They were the only ones allowed to dwell in the temple and stay there continually. Why? Because this was a place where God’s presence resided. What characterized a priest? Well, some of the answers are given in the verses that follow Psalm 15:1. The type of man God would allow in this Holy place was to be an upright, right-living, truthful, and kind person. He must be a person who cannot stand sin and loves the children of God. Someone generous with the needy and not greedy with what God had given to him. God would share a residence with this type of person.

 

     Seeing that today our body is the temple of the Living God, we might ask the question a bit differently. Who is God living with today? In Hebrews, it says we are now, as believers, of a royal priesthood. Therefore, we are the priests He lives with today. Is the person God is living with, which is YOU if you are saved, doing their best to provide a suitable living companion for God? Are we a Psalm 15 man or woman? We should count it all glory and honor to have Him as a guest in our temple. Who are we asking Him to live with?

 

CARRYING THAT THOUGHT THROUGH THE DAY:

 

     As we go through our day today, we might think of our body as a vessel that carries God from place to place. As you look at, listen to, and speak with people, imagine God peering through your eyes to see what is out there. He leans toward your ear to hear what is being said. He is trying hard to speak through your lips to tell people He is in there. Is His dwelling place today HOLY?

 

If we remember that our body is the dwelling place of our Holy God,
what might it cause us to do differently with His dwelling place?

 

IF YOU ARE JOURNALING:

Ask yourself, what are MY THOUGHTS concerning this Passage and today’s Devotion?

 

Do I find within this reading a CHALLENGE for my life?

 

What are one or two things I WILL DO today or this week to accept that CHALLENGE?

 

  

GOD TALKING TO ME:  July 15, 2025

THROUGH THE BIBLE ACCELERATED READING
^{(OT-1, NT & PS-2, Prov-Monthly)}
Solomon 1-4 / Psalm 15
Proverbs 15 / Matthew 19, 20

 

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
Neh. 9-10 / Acts 15:1-27