God shows up

Two of my favorite passages in the Old Testament are both out of 2 Chronicles:

2 Chronicles 5:13-14 (NKJV) 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, so that the priests could not continue ministering because of the cloud; for the glory of the Lord filled the house of God.

They sang about God’s goodness and mercy, and He showed up in His glory. This fits the pattern we see in Exodus 33:18-19 when Moses asked “Show me Your glory” and God responded “I will cause my goodness to pass before you…”

The second passage where they sing about God’s mercy and He shows up is in 2 Chronicles 20. I’ll write about that next time.

Doug