Today's encouragement comes from Isaiah 57:15, where we read these won-derful words:
"For thus says the High and Lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: 'I dwell in the high and holy place, with him who has a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.’ “Essentially, God “dwells” in two places: in heaven; and in the souls of human beings who are entirely given over to Jesus Christ. God is “present” every-where else, even in hell—but His covenantal “home” is always with the Mem-bers of the Holy Trinity, and the members of the elect and redeemed church (in heaven and on earth).
Where God is, there is “revival,” inevitable life. Anything separate from Christ is death; everything directly connected to Christ is alive.
[Puritan quote of the day: "And if you look into your experience, who has more kisses and embraces of love from God our Father, than the weak Chris-tian has?” —William Bridge, in, "A Lifting Up For The Downcast"]
