God, Our Dwelling Place

[Christsfreeservant]

A Prayer of Moses, the man of God.

“Lord, You have been our dwelling place in all generations.​

Before the mountains were born​

Or You gave birth to the earth and the world,​

Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.​

You turn man back into dust​

And say, ‘Return, O children of men.’​

For a thousand years in Your sight​

Are like yesterday when it passes by,​

Or as a watch in the night.​

You have swept them away like a flood, they fall asleep;​

In the morning they are like grass which sprouts anew.​

In the morning it flourishes and sprouts anew;​

Toward evening it fades and withers away.” (Psalm 90:1-6 NASB1995)​

It is generally believed, from what I can tell, that Moses wrote this Psalm near the end of the 40 years that the Israelites spent in the wilderness prior to a minority of them getting to enter into the Promised Land which God had for them, his people of that time. But the truths of what were written here are universal truths which apply to all generations of people on this earth.

Our God – Father, Son Jesus Christ, and Holy Spirit – always existed and always will be, which is a difficult concept for our human minds to comprehend. For we were born, then we live, and then we die. Our earthly existence has a beginning and an end. And so it is natural for us to think with finite minds which are limited to our reality and to our existence on the earth. For we think in terms of beginning and end, and not in terms of always was and always will be. But our God not only always was, and always will be, but he is unchanging in nature and character. For he is a holy God.

Our God is also a place of refuge and consolation for his people, i.e. for all those now who have trusted in Jesus Christ to be Lord (Owner-Master) and Savior (deliverer from sin) of their lives by God-persuaded and God-gifted faith in Jesus Christ. And this faith, which comes from God, and which is gifted to us by God, will result in us being crucified with Christ in death to sin, and us being raised with Christ to walk in newness of life in him, no longer to live as slaves to sin but now as servants of God and of his righteousness in holy living and in walks of surrender and obedience to God.

As regards the Israelites and their time in the wilderness, not all of them surrendered their hearts and lives to the one and only true God. Many of them rebelled against God, and they put God to the test, and they grumbled against him and his servant Moses. Many of them were those who craved evil things and were idolaters, drunkards, revelers, pleasure seekers, and those who lived in immorality of various kinds. And since they would not repent of their evil, God had them put to death, and they did not get to enter into God’s eternal rest because of their disobedience, i.e. unbelief.

And these things happened as examples for us, and they were written down for us, so that we will not crave evil things as they also craved, and so we will not be idolaters, revelers, pleasure seekers, drunkards, and those who live wicked and immoral lives without conscience and without remorse. For Jesus gave his life up for us on that cross to deliver us out of our slavery to sin and to give us new lives in him free from bondage to sin so that we can now serve our Lord in walks of obedience to his commands. For if sin is our practice, and not obedience to God, we will not inherit eternal life with God.

[1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 10:19-39; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]

For Jesus Christ taught that to come to him we must deny self, take up our cross daily (die daily to sin), and follow (obey) him. For if we hold on to living in sin and for self, we will lose our lives for eternity. But if we deny self, die daily to sin, by the Spirit, and we walk in obedience to our Lord and to his commands, in his power, then we have eternal life with God. For not everyone who calls him “Lord” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one DOING (obeying) the will of God (see Luke 9:23-26; Matthew 7:21-23).

Living Sacrifices

Based off Romans 12:1-2; Romans 6:11-14 NIV
An Original Work / September 14, 2012
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Oh, holy ones, I counsel you,
In view of God’s mercy,
To give yourselves to God in love
As living offerings,
Pleasing to God, holy in love.
This is your true worship.
Do not conform to worldly lives.
Let God transform you today.
Then you’ll be able to
Test and approve of what
God’s will is – His pleasing
And perfect will. Oh, holy ones,
I counsel you – Offer yourselves unto God.

Oh, holy ones, I counsel you –
Do not be conceited.
Humble yourselves before your God.
Do not be self-righteous.
The strength you have to live in love
Comes from your Lord God, so
Live your new lives in pow’r of God.
Be changed in heart, mind and will.
Do this because of what
Christ did for you when
He died on the cross to save
The world from sin. Oh, holy ones,
I counsel you – Humble yourselves before God.

Oh, holy ones, I counsel you –
Count yourselves dead to sin,
But be alive to God in Christ.
Do not let sin reign in
Your earthly lives so you
Obey its evil desires.
Offer yourselves unto your God
As those who’ve been born again.
For sin shall no longer be
Your lord and master.
Give of yourselves to God
For righteousness. Oh, holy ones,
I counsel you – Be alive to God in Christ.

God, Our Dwelling Place
An Original Work / January 2, 2026
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love