Saints become wise in the things of God when they turn to listen and see what pleases God. They learn devotion and sincerity when they stop and look at their motives and desires. We make leaps and bounds in love when our mind is turned to the Lord. When we long to please him and him alone we become the people of the Lord. God is not at our disposal but we have presented ourselves at his disposal. The only thing we can give God is the fruit of our lips the channel of our heart and mind. Praises that flow out of our inner most being are the acceptable sacrifices that the Lord takes pleasure. It is these praises released in the congregation, his people, which pleases our Lord and Father.

The Lord inhabits the praises of his people Ps.22:3 But thou art holy, O thou that inhabit the praises of Israel. Yes, the Lord makes a place to enthrone, sit and rest. Our praises form a throne for him to sit upon. In this is the collective application of our praise we make a special place for the Lord to reveal his presence in our midst. There is no other place like this for it can only be prepared by the high praises of the body of Christ. Oh, yes you can reach great places in God on your own but when the body produces the throne the Lord God enthrones himself upon there are portals of entry not known on earth. This is when he beautifies (pe'orah) the meek with his salvation.

He opens a door no man can shut and no man can open a place of his mystic and glorious presence known only to the worshipers of God. When the Lord beautifies us he makes us a righteous branch a bright green branch that receives life from the Vine. Our results are we become a highly productive organism in the earth releasing the high praises of God that changes the entire universe and sets the world free from all futility. He renews our mind in meekness. We become the meek. The meek are a godly people with gentle and kind ways and beautiful thoughts wooing the world back to their creator. We hear him sing to us Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the LORD: This gate of the LORD, into which the righteous shall enter. I will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation. Ps.118

We know by experience the glory due his name we enter into this place of glory, kabad. Kabad produces in us the richness of the divine nature. The divine nature makes us worthy, honorable and overflowing with his presence. This causes the saints the ones like him to rejoice like no other people in the world. No rocks or stones could bring forth this praise for this is a people who know the joyful sound. Here are a people who are bounding with all the fruits of the Spirit who are the express image of their Father. These are the ones who delight to do the will of their Father and their Father delights to do his will in them. We are the people the mishkab. Mishkab are saints who have entered into an intimate relationship (mishkab) only known by the exchanging of secrets or have begun to experience the mega mystery of Christ and his church.

We are the called out ones who assemble themselves together to meet the Lord. We rejoice in our husband and we summit ourselves to his love. Our husband is our head and we are his wife. Our husband loves us. His love beautifies and cleanses us. He has given himself to us. I am my beloveds and he is mine, his banner over me is love. Therefore we reverence our husband. We so love him that we do not want do to anything but please him in all we say or do. Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee. Isa. 12:6 The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil 12 She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. Prov. 31:11.

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