We - The Dwelling Places

Reading:   Isaiah 4

The dwelling places of Zion, hmm, this is an interesting topic.  I have several ideas swimming around in my head but I can't seem to align them into a clear understandable path (often is the case with my ramblings and blog but sally forth I shall continue to do).

The bottom line here is that we, each of us, is a dwelling place in Zion.  The Saviour taught, "...the kingdom of God is within you (Luke 17:21)."  Anything can be achieved if we hold fast to faith - the first principle of power (see Faith: Principle of Power ).  The kingdom of God is a vast, unmeasurable, immovable, mountain of a force that bows and yields only to the power that is our faith in Jesus Christ.  We are bearers of the kingdom! Understanding that can give so much more meaning to...

ISAIAH 4:5

5    And the Lord will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence.

The Lord will create a defense upon every dwelling place in Zion.  If my faith is strong I can and will be a dwelling place of Zion!  A place where others will come to feast upon the spirit and partake of the offered defense until such time as their faith has enflamed and created another dwelling place, another haven of faith, and strengthened our collective assembly.

President Harold B. Lee shared this story...

I recalled an experience that we had with a group of students from Brigham Young University ... sixteen students, representing sixteen foreign countries, were asked to stand and tell how they came to know about the gospel and accept it, ... and to bear their testimonies. It was a most intensely interesting evening. We heard from young men and women from Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, the Scandinavian countries, France, and England. The story was the same. When they began to relate how they came to find the gospel, it was this: They were yearning for truth. They were seeking for light. They were not satisfied, and in the midst of their search, someone came to them with the truths of the gospel. They prayed about it and sought the Lord intensely, intently, with all their hearts, and came to receive a divine testimony by which they knew that this is the gospel of Jesus Christ. ... So within the heart of everyone, every honest seeker after truth, if he has the desire to know, and studies with real intent and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, the kingdom of God may be within him, or in other words, the power to receive it is his. (In Conference Report, Oct. 1953, 26-27.)

How important is our faith...

~Kipling