God Promises He is Your Dwelling Place

​God Promises He is Your Dwelling Place
 
Psalm 90:1 LORD, you have been our dwelling place throughout all generations.
 
MOSES wrote this oldest recorded psalm. God formed  him to be among the world’s greatest leaders. Yet Moses had a very difficult life. Being God’s appointed leader does not open luxury to you. Our Lord’s call directs you into the “streets” to confront sin’s abuse against humanity. God wants his leaders – all of you who call Jesus, “Lord and Savior” – to dwell with him in their daily work. Nearing the end of a hard life, Moses confessed and praised the LORD you have been our dwelling place throughout all generations. What does it mean that God is our dwelling place?  
   First of all Moses acknowledged the earth is God’s creation. V 2 Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the earth and the world. Always know you dwell in God’s physical place. You will have a greater intimacy with God and love for the earth when you acknowledge our LORD has welcomed you to his abundant earth he built for your physical life.
   But Moses’ next words express a weariness of life. For example, life is brief. V 3 You turn men back to dust, saying, “Return to dust, O sons of men.” In that brief life, you will also know God’s wrath. V 7 We are consumed by your anger and terrified by your indignation.   Moses also experienced God’s anger against the Jews and himself. V 11a Who knows the power of your anger? In a short time, Moses had watched Israel refuse to enter the Promised Land, and God judged them to 40 years of wandering. (Numbers 13) God judged Moses and Aaron for striking a rock at Meribah when the LORD specifically told them, “Speak to that rock before their eyes and it will pour out its water.” (Numbers 20:8) God killed two of Aaron’s sons for improper worship. And he destroyed hundreds in a rebellion against Moses. Nearing the end of his 120 years of life, was he disappointed his desires remain unrealized?
   So how does he dwell with God in this disappointment? He submits his heart to God. Instead of rebelling against the LORD’s authority, Moses prayed God would reveal his splendor and majesty to Israel. V 16 May your deeds be shown to your servants, your splendor to their children. He prays for God’s saving mercy and strength. V 17 May the favor of the LORD our God rest upon us; establish the work of our hands for us – yes, establish the work of our hands. Moses’ wants Israel to commit to God and to live well with their heavenly Father. He knows he who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. (Psalm 91:1) God’s shelter is his sovereign blessing to call you, “Mine!” even as you may become weary with life. Commit to the one who commits eternal life to you.
   As Jesus died on the cross, he committed himself to the Father: Luke 23:46 Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.” When he had said this, he breathed his last. Jesus experienced the greatest trouble of all. Yet he knew his dwelling place is with the Father. Receive the Savior and know your eternal home is with God in the new heaven and earth.