Contemplative Bible Reading

2 Chronicles 30:27 (New Living Translation)

Then the priests and Levites stood and blessed the people, and God heard their prayer from his holy dwelling in heaven.

God dwells in heaven in a holy place. Perhaps there is something lost in translation in the above sentence. Perhaps this is some poetic structure for which a literal reading is childish. Still, there it is in black and white. God heard their prayer from a holy dwelling in heaven.

Then there is the subtle text. When we pray, God hears our prayers. Even though God is in a special dwelling in heaven, God hears our prayers. I don’t understand all there is to understand about heaven. I don’t understand how God, who is everywhere at all times, can be in heaven or just one place. How is God in one place that is in all places? That is too much for me.

Still, God hears us. What a blessing. God hears us. God doesn’t tire of us and say, “Let’s talk tomorrow, okay, I’m kinda busy now.” No, God hears us. Thank you God. Let me never assume otherwise and just bide my time until it is my turn.