Jesus, toward the end of the Triumphal Entry when the Pharisees are rebuking Him for all the praise spontaneously emerging from people – tells them if the crowd was silent the rocks would
cry out. But when He draws near to the city He begins to weep over Jerusalem and speaks a word that
is very confirming of what we find in Matthew 24 where He declares not one stone shall be left upon
another. In Luke 19:42-44 we find out why the stones must come down, “If you had known, even
you, especially in this your day, the things that make for your peace! But now they are hidden
from your eyes. For the days will come upon you when your enemies will build an
embankment around you, surround you and close you in on every side, and level you, and your
children within you, to the ground; and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not know the time of your visitation.” Is it possible, that we too could find ourselves in a spiritual
place where we\’re not recognizing God\’s purpose in visitation? The Church must embrace the purpose
God demonstrates in its generation. If they don\’t, God is committed to destroying everything they relish which is consistent with their dead religious activity. When going to church is like visiting the
morgue, you know we have missed an element of visitation and need to return to the Lord\’s
purpose in order to fulfill His plan.
PRAYER-
Sometimes we struggle, but our praise has the power to
open up the heavenly portals so that we can have intimacy with Him,
in the throne room, in the bridal chamber; so that we can find intimacy
with the heart of God.