Cathedral made of people

Lord I pray your Kingdom shine through us.

We just got back from a family vacation in Hilton head island. One day we took a ride into Savannah Georgia to sight see. I really wanted to see one of the cathedrals there. I was amazed from seeing the outside, but was even more amazed of the inside. After seeing it, it made me think even more about how God's work begins on the inside of us. That’s where the beauty really is. To be called a Christian, is not the same as being a Christian. Being born again is known and felt. Not a name change, but a change in nature.  I also thought more about this song by Downhere. This song has been playing in my head for weeks. Here are some of the lyrics…

“If they shut down the churches, where would you go? 

If they burned every bible, what would you know? 

If they declared our devotion to be criminal, what would we know? 

When they hate you for the things you know are true, what will you do? 

We are a cathedral made of people, in a Kingdom that the eye can’t see.”

The church is not a building or a meeting place, Ephesians 2:19-22, “And in Him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by His Spirit.” We are the church. The nature of God’s presence lives in us, and he shows Himself to a watching world through us. Acts 17:24, “The God who made the world... does not live in temples built by hands.” He dwells in us. We are children of God’s kingdom on earth.

The bible also tells us in Colossians 3:16, “Let the world of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with His wisdom..."

The early Christians didn’t have the new testament, or any other Christian book to study. Their stories and teachings about Christ were memorized and passed on from person to person. "For just as each of us has one body with many members... in Christ we, though many, form one body," (Romans 12: 4-5).  The body of believers is the church of Christ.

I thank God we have our bibles, and our churches to go to on Sunday and fellowship with one another. We are blessed to live in this country and worship our God. We should never take this for granted. They can take everything from us one day too - the bible, the churches, even our life.  But they can’t shake God’s love, or take His Spirit from within you.  Everything we are, and know, is inside of us. 

“They can tear down the temple, but they can’t touch you.” (Matthew 10:28),

Grace and peace to you

Kim