Ezekiel 41: 5 "...and the width of the side
chambers, four cubits, all around the house
on every side."
The prophet continues to give the dimensions
of the temple with the emphasis on the inner
temple, the holy place, and the holy of
holies. What was striking about the inner
temple was the thickness of the walls, 4
cubits or 6 feet thick. It was so thick
that nothing could be heard from outside of
what was being said on the inside, and
hardly anything that occurred on the outside
could be heard on the inside. The inner
temple was to be a place of great solitude
from the world and a place that was given to
absolute devotion to the Lord.
Believers are called the temple of the Holy
Spirit (1 Corinthians 6: 19). This word is "naon"
which means the innermost place of the
temple or the holy place. God desires for
us to erect walls in our soul so that the
world and all its corruption and noise, do
not penetrate and disrupt the ministry of
the Holy Spirit at our deepest level. For
that reason, we must make sure that our
walls are thick enough to keep the
distractions away--so that we can be fully
devoted to His Word and Will. Too often we
have very "thin walls," causing us to lose
concentration in our worship of God which
quickly draws our affection and attention
from God.
Do we have difficulty reading God's word or
comprehending what it is saying? Do we have
trouble praying because our minds are
continually drifting away to other things?
If these are realities in our prayer
life--it may be that "our walls" are too
thin! How do we thicken the walls
around our soul? We must Daily have a time
of confession of sin and repentance, AND
intentional time in the Word without
distractions. In this way we can engage His
Word and "hear" Him speaking to us and have
a yielded will that seeks to obey God in all
areas of life. If we make this a "holy
habit" it will begin to thicken the walls to
protect us from the outside, and it will
also thin and eventually break down the
walls that keep us from fearing, hearing,
and obeying Him.
In
Christ,
Tommy Middleton
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