Psalm 18:6
6 In my distress [tsar] I called [qara'] upon the
LORD, [Yahovah] and cried [shava`] unto my God: ['elohiym] he
heard [shama`] my voice [qowl] out of his temple, [heykal]
and my cry [shav`ah] came [bow'] before [paniym] him, even
into his ears. ['ozen] KJV-Interlinear
6 In my
distress I called upon the Lord, And cried to my God for help; He heard my
voice out of His temple, And my cry for help before Him came into His ears. NASB
When David was burdened
with distresses, he turned to God in prayer.
Most folks turn to themselves or most certainly turn to something other
than God. Generally they turn to sour
grapes, anger, blame, feelings of self-pity, defiance, obstinacy, and so forth.
However, David turned to
God in urgency and determination. David turned
to God, in Gods temple, such that God actually heard his prayer.
But how could that be
when no temple existed in Davids time?
But then David himself refers to Gods temple.
When God restored the
world, He walked in the Garden with Adam and Eve, but had no residence on this
earth for Himself. As time went on, an Arc
was constructed and that became Gods residence, albeit a temporary residence. Then Solomon built a temple and two holy
rooms inside of a tabernacle building. It was in the inner room, called the
Holy of Holies, in which God resided.
But remember that God had
only temporary homes through and until the time of Christ, and even then nearly
forty years after the Cross, the temple and nearly all of Jerusalem was
destroyed. However, Gods residence had
shifted into believers in our current dispensation. But then too, even our bodies are temporary
at best.
Gods permanent residence,
as we have studied in Ephesians, is ultimately targeted for indwelling each and
every believer for the rest of eternity.
However, the temple is
not a building, nor a place, but too, it is a sphere in which interaction may
take place between God and man. And that
sphere is found in the concept of holiness, which is the combination of Gods
righteousness and Gods justice. These
two come together in a sphere which we call the spiritual life, for fellowship.
In order to access Gods
temple and thus be able to approach Him, we must first be saved, and second we
must be in fellowship. These are two functions that are available only to believers. No unbeliever can have access to God. No unbelievers prayer is heard by God, except
for that faith in Christ required for salvation. All unbelievers lack access to God while they
remain as unbelievers.
Therefore, the temple
that David is referring to is one of fellowship, or the sphere of the spiritual
life acquired through confession, in which approach to God may be authorized
and obtained.
All prayer is directed to
God the Father, in the name of the Savior, who is Christ, and in the power of the
Holy Spirit. When these components are in place, then God hears all prayers
offered.
In His own ears, means
just that. God hears all prayers that
are submitted from within the defined boundaries of His temple. And that temple exists only for believers who
are in fellowship.
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