everything is clear when we exercise our spirit and we come to the church meetings

The place where we can see God’s way, God’s purpose, and God’s economy is the sanctuary of God – Psa. 77:13 says, “O God, Your way is in the sanctuary; who is so great a god as God?” God’s sanctuary today is our mingled spirit and the church.

We shouldn’t neglect our spirit and the church meetings; rather, we should exercise our spirit and be in the meetings of the church so that we may see God’s purpose, God’s way, and God’s economy!

Hallelujah for this twofold sanctuary – a private sanctuary (our spirit) and a public sanctuary (the church).

Exercising our spirit and living in the church

We can testify that many times we may have been puzzled by certain situations or problems in our life, and we did not manage to figure things out on our own. But when we exercised our spirit and came to the meetings of the church, God’s way became clear to us.

The best advice we can give others is not “practical advice for their life” or “counseling for their situation” but encouraging them to exercise their spirit and to attend the meetings of the church.

Big questions like,

Whom should I marry? Where should I move? What job should I have? and small questions like, What should I wear today? How should I comb my hair? What should my attitude be towards this person? What about my shopping? What about my spending money or saving money?

all these questions are answered by our entering into the sanctuary to see God’s way and His purpose! On the one hand we need to be proper human beings and take care of our daily needs, but on the other hand we should first exercise our spirit and be in the meetings of the church and there we see all things clearly.

The light of the Holy Place

In the Holy Place in the tabernacle, there was no natural light – there was only the light of the lampstand, the light of the Holy Place. In the natural light (the light of the sun and the moon) we can see the natural and outward things, but in the light of the Holy Place we can see God’s economy and His administration.

In God’s presence, in His shining, in His light, we don’t need any natural light or man-made light. In the church life we do not need any natural light – in the church life as the Holy Place in the tabernacle, we have the lampstand shining with God as the light!

The church is the Holy Place, and the church is also the lampstand – the Spirit as the oil fills the church and there’s light shining here. When it comes to God’s economy, God’s plan, God’s ways, we don’t need the natural light – we need to enter into the sanctuary of God and we will understand (see Psa. 73:16-17).

We need to practice using the light of the Holy Place. Don’t try to figure out things, and don’t try to solve the situation – no mater how complicated it is. The more you think about it, the more puzzled you are. Just come into the sanctuary of God – come under the light of the lampstand, in the mingled spirit and in the church!

In the Holy Place we understand

Once we come into the Holy Place – once we exercise our spirit and we come to the church meetings – we understand! What was puzzling and even impossible to solve before now it is crystal clear.

Why? We may think we know what’s going on since we develop our own perception on life, things, problems, people, situations, etc. But our own view of the world and our own way of doing things are just wrong – we need to see things the way God sees them!

We need to see the world, the things, the people, the situations, the problems, etc. from God’s point of view!

In the sanctuary of God – in the Holy Place – we have God’s throne and the presence of God. When we come before God, when we touch the throne, we immediately see! There are seven lamps burning before the throne, and we are exposed, enlightened, judged, supplied, infused, and transfused!

We don’t just “see what’s really going on”, and we don’t just “have the solution” – we are infused with God and His heart’s desire, and we know God’s purpose! When we exercise our spirit and come to the church meetings, we are clear concerning God’s intention and His economy, and we know which way should we take in our journey!

Lord Jesus, praise You for the light in Your sanctuary! Save us from struggling and striving to sort out things and figure out the puzzling situations. We want to learn the secret of firstly coming into the Holy Place where You are. Lord, may we treasure Your presence and the shining in Your presence. In Your sanctuary all things are made clear. Lord, we reject any man-made light and any natural light – we want to see light in Your light! Make all things clear!

References and Further Reading

• Sharing inspired from, the Life-study of the Psalms, and, The Ultimate Significance of the Golden Lampstand, ch. 4, as quoted in the Holy Word for Morning Revival on the Crystallization-Study of Psalms (2), week 13.
• Hymns on this topic:
  # Remove my covering, Lord, / That I may see Thy light, / And be deceived no more, / But all things see aright.
  # Let others stretch their arms like seas / And grasp in all the shore! / Grant me the visits of Thy grace, / And I desire no more.
  # Turn my view to see You, / How I need to see Jesus! / Though I don’t understand / The ways that You take;