141. Dwell with the Humble
Isaiah 57:15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy, I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite one.
The Lord dwells in a high and holy place; He inhabits eternity. The heaven where God lives and rules is an eternal time and place. Eternity is existence without beginning and without end; eternity is without time at all; it just is. God just is; Yahweh is the “I am.” The Lord is, and was, and always will be. The high and lofty One is in the high and holy place. The place is really no place, or every place. God occupies all space, but He is not limited to any space.
This God dwells with the contrite and humble spirit. This is quite a promise: we mortals, limited in time and space, are living with the Eternal One outside of and covering all time and space. The contrite and humble are those who repent and believe. Those who admit they are sinners and that they are wrong, totally depraved, bent on evil, and turned in on oneself are the contrite and humble. These people are the believers in Jesus Christ. In short, in NT terms, it says: all who believe in Jesus have eternal life. God dwells with us, shares His life with us, and revives the heart continually.
Life dwells with us. Jesus is “God with us.” Eternal life is always there with us. It is through the Gospel that God revives and renews. God’s life is an ever-flowing stream continually making new life. The High God dwells with the humble. When we humble ourselves before the Lord, when the Lord Jesus is praised, when He is exalted in our hearts and lips, when we are convicted and contrite because we realize our sinfulness then there is room for God to live there with His eternity. Pride and self crowd the Spirit out and leaves Him no room. The High and Holy actually lives with the lowly and humble forgiven sinner. Wow!