Building are places where people gather and depending on the name of the building determines what they are gathering for. If you see a building with the name Wal Mart on it you are gathering with others to go shopping. If the name on the building is Red Robin you are gathering to eat a meal with other diners. If the name on the building is Starbucks, you are gathering for a cup of coffee. And if the name on the building is church, temple or synagogue you are gathering with others who are wanting to know God.

While walking by a church in my neighborhood today the Lord and I began to discuss the building and the Holy Spirit said, “The building is a gathering place, people gather here because they want to hear about me. The name on the building tells people what they are gathering for.” I stared at the name on the building longer than normal today, because the conversation the Lord and I were having was so enthralling to me. It is only a brick and mortar building when no one is there, but it is a place people come to meet with God.

These thoughts led to the Lord sharing with me that I am a tent of meeting and so are you. A tent of meeting is a place where people come for a certain reason. Acts 7:44-50 says, “Our fathers had the tent of witness in the wilderness, just as he who spoke to Moses directed him to make it, according to the pattern that he had seen. Our fathers in turn brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations that God drove out before our fathers. So it was until the days of David, who found favor in the sight of God and asked to find a dwelling place for the God of Jacob. But it was Solomon who built a house for him. Yet the Most High does not dwell in houses made by hands, as the prophet says, Heaven is my throne,
and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house will you build for me, says the Lord, or what is the place of my rest? Did not my hand make all these things?”

The question the Lord ended our discussion on was when people meet with you, what are they coming for? What are you known for? Friends, you and I are a tent of meeting, people gather around us, go to coffee with us, call us, because of who they view us as. What are you known for? What is the name of your tent of meeting? You are the temple of the Holy Spirit, you are the mobile meeting place of God and people are wanting to meet with you, because you are known for….