Today's encouragement comes from Psalm 77:13, where Asaph wrote these words:
"Your way, O God, is in the sanctuary; who is so great a God as our God?"God always operates from His “sanctuary." The Old Covenant sanctuary was a type of heaven, (cf. Heb. 8:4-5). In the heavenly sanctuary today, the Son of God intercedes for His saints by virtue of His atoning blood, (cf. Heb. 7:25). The church that meets (especially) in the Sunday worship services constitute the place of God's sanctuary on earth, (cf. 1 Pet. 2:4-5). And finally, the indi-vidual hearts of the regenerate churchmen are also the abodes of His sanc-tuary, (cf. 1 Cor. 3:16).
*From* God's sanctuary goes forth praise of God in Jesus Christ; and the ev-angelism of the world. Let us be thankful that the true God is the God of the “sanctuary": the place of worship and rest.
[Puritan quote of the day: "Here is a pillar of support to every soul who has broken off sin and espoused holiness. This is an undoubted evidence that you are a true child of God.” —Thomas Watson, in, "The Mischief of Sin"]
