1 – Psalm 18:6 (ESV) ⁶ In my distress I called upon the Lord;

to my God I cried for help.

From his temple he heard my voice,

and my cry to him reached his ears.

RAF: It is significant that God heard the Psalmist’s voice “from His temple.” David lived with the clear sense of God’s presence with His people. He dwelt between or above the cherubim. This is in contrast to all the pagan temples which are mere monuments to their gods, but which do not claim the nearness or presence of these gods. And now, under the New Covenant this is advanced exponentially – for our God dwells WITHIN us. We are His temple. How much more does He hear us now? Oh what a God of grace!

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