#soap # 2 Chronicles 05 ## Title: God Joins the Party ## Scripture: (2 Chronicles 5:14) “The priests could not carry out their duties because of the cloud; the Lord’s splendor filled God’s temple.” (NET) ## Observation: God is everywhere, all the time. Think about it. There is nowhere in the universe that God is not already there. Now, that does not mean that God is in everything and everything is God. This means that God fills the whole universe and nothing exists without Him. He is separate from it, but fills it. Everything exists because of Him. It’s like water in a cup. The cup is not the water, but there is no part of the water that is not contained within the cup. However, God can reveal His presence to us in different amounts and increase His presence in places. This is evident in today’s passage. God wants to be with us. His desire for creating us all was so we could fellowship together. So, when they sincerely asked for His presence to be revealed, it was. This gives us great hope. When we ask for God to come and fill the room, we know He is already here. We are using language to say we desire more of an awareness of His presence. He will come. ## Application: Ask for more of God in your life and watch what happens. ## Prayer: Thank You, Jesus, for being worth pursuing over a lifetime.