Daniel Condurachi’s Blog

Photo of Denisa I took at Samy Cauneac wedding

Now we have new possibilities in Christ. We have a great gain from His death and resurrection.

In psalm 84:10 we read the following:

For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand [anywhere else];
I would rather be a doorkeeper
and stand at the threshold in the house of my God
than to dwell [at ease] in the tents of wickedness.

Why do the sons of Korah say this? Because at the temple was the place where God was present. There was the place where the people could meet with God. The sons of Korah loved so much God (at this time) that they wanted to be in His presence all the time. When you love somebody yo want to spend as much time with him or her. The same happens when you love God… you want to be with Him, to talk with God in prayer, to be in His presence.

So where is the gain in our times? Please read what Jesus said in John 4:21:

Jesus said to her,
Woman, believe Me,
a time is coming when you will worship the Father
neither [merely] in this mountain nor [merely] in Jerusalem [at the temple].

and in John 4:23 it says

A time will come, however,
indeed it is already here,
when the true (genuine) worshipers
will worship the Father in spirit and in truth (reality);
for the Father is seeking just such people
as these as His worshipers.

So what is with all this? The great gain is that we can worship God everywhere we are. The thing is to have the right attitude towards God, to live in the Spirit and to do His deeds.

So, today we can experience God anywhere and have the same joy that the sons of Korah had when they stand at the threshold in the house of God.