2 Chronicles 5

2Ch 5:13-14 indeed it came to pass, when the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD, and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised the LORD, saying: "For He is good, For His mercy endures forever," that the house, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud, (14) so that the priests could not continue ministering because of the cloud; for the glory of the LORD filled the house of God.

Solomon had just spent years building the temple. Finally, it was finished. They only had to put in a few furnishings, last of which, was the ark of the covenant. After the ark is properly placed, the levites walk out and start to sing a song. They sang and sang, proclaiming, "For He is good. For His mercy endures forever."

The next thing that happened is truly encouraging to all of our lives. Solomon built a temple and prepared a temple, and when it was ready, the Lord filled it with His glory. "1Co 3:16 Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?" We are the new temple of God. He wants to create His glory, through us. He wants the world to see His power, through us. Have we, like Solomon, been preparing His temple?

There is nothing like praising God and knowing that He has entered into a place, especially your heart. For many of you, you have expirienced this. It is a supernatural awareness that God is in your presence, and you are in His. I believe it is important for us to live with this awareness. How then do we do that? We praise God. The priests sang as one, "You are good. Your mercy endures forever."