Where heaven encounters earth

All throughout the bible there are various places where heaven, i.e. the place where God is, touches earth, the place where we are. Instances such as Abraham and his three guests, Jacob and his ladder and then later when he actually wrestles with God. Moses and the encounter with the burning bush, the children of Israel with the cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night. Numerous times throughout the establishing of the nation of Israel, they get in the middle of a huge fight and somehow God "comes down", heaven, i.e. where God is, encounters earth, i.e. the place we are. What awesome moments those much have been. What powerful moments those must have been. To have the very presence of God somehow interact with what you are doing and making all of the difference. When the Israelites built the temple they had a built a home for God to live, a place where God would always encounter earth. If they needed anything, they would pray towards the temple. They would pray towards the place where they knew God encountered the earth. They knew that having God encountering the earth, showing up in the circumstances would make all the difference. Countless people have fought all throughout history for the chance to have God on their side. If you can get God to encounter you, an amazing thing has taken place.

But do you realize that that is exactly what has already happened? Saying that Jesus has come to live in your heart is not just some cute saying that we teach little kids to say when they believe in Jesus and his ability to save them. It is a bibilcal truth. Paul writing to the church in Corinth says in 3:16, that they, corporately and individually are the temple of God. He tells them that they are the place where heaven encounters earth. He says that they are the place where God shows up. How awesome is that? Do you need to encounter God? Are you a believer in Jesus Christ yet still sometimes find yourself longing for God to move in certain cirmcustances in your life? Are there things in your life or people in your life that you just know need a touch from God? You know that they need an encounter? Here's the shocker, you are the place where that is going to happen. Somehow, if you'll have it, God will come in and encounter the earth through you. After all, you are now the temple of God's Holy Spirit, you are the place where God encounters the earth.

Now ask yourself, if God is not encountering the world around me in the way that I think He should, could it be that the temple is not operating in the way it should?
Let me know what you think.