Do you know the password?

"Lift up your heads, O you gates! And be lifted up, you everlasting doors! And the King of Glory shall come in." v7                                  Psalm 24.  NKJV

In this incredible day of technology, we have passwords for everything; in fact, so many that we forget most of them. But they are vital for opening doors online or in buildings. We can do nothing without them.

Really, it was no different in David's day. He wrote Psalm 24 to signify the ark of the covenant returning from Philistine hands into the Israelites hands. (2 Samuel 6:11-18) It was assumed that when a king approached the gates of a city, a voice would cry out, 'Open the gates.' The reply from inside would be, 'Who is there?' 'It is the king.' The doors would then open.
The term, 'the King of Glory shall come in,' v 7 was fulfilled when:

(1)  The ark of the covenant returned to Jerusalem
(2). Jesus ascended into Heaven  Acts 1:9-10
(3)  And when and individual's heart opens to Jesus as King  Rev 3:20

When God is welcomed with open gates and doors, He is pleased to come in. When we draw near to Him, He draws near to us. James 4:8. But this is where the password comes in - Jesus. He is the password; He has the key to Heaven. We'll never make it without the key; we'll never make it, if we neglect the password. The question may be asked - 'Who is this King of Glory?' Our answer must be Jesus.

But we need to clean up our act! We need to change things we know are not fit in the Kingdom of God. 'What things?' You may ask. The things that make us feel overwhelmed with guilt when we've done or said something we know to be wrong. V3-5 says, 'Who may ascend into the hill of the Lord? Or who may stand in His holy place? (4) He who has clean hands and a pure heart. Who has not lifted up his soul to an idol. Nor sworn deceitfully. (5) He shall receive blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.'

It is clean up time! A time for refining our walk with Jesus. We have the password and we have the invitation. If we stood before a king, wouldn't we be clean and spruced up. We need to be more so for Jesus.
Copyright 2020 Grahame Howard

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