Standing on holy ground.

     But the Lord is in his holy temple; let all the earth keep silence before him.
     Habbakkuk 2:20 esv

     Let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire.
     Hebrews 12:28,29 esv.

     In reading accounts of past revivals, one thing I come across is the sense of God's presence in the midst of His people. People came to meet God. They came in expectation. They came with with a holy fear. They hungered for God, He was what they desired.
     There was no small talk, no visiting with each other about the events of the week, they came to meet with God.
     It is said that the area a few blocks away from the Azusa street mission was permeated with the presence of God. People could feel it. Some would come under conviction, some were drawn to the services. People considered that they were standing on holy ground, when they entered the mission. Not that the building was holy in and of itself, but God was there in a very real and tangible way.
     Why is it that so often we come to church and act like we are 
 going to a social event, instead of coming to meet with the holy God? Is it because His presence is not there among us? Is it because we have no real fear of the Lord? Is it because we are really not expecting or desiring to meet with Him?
     The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. This is where it all starts, the foundation. God help us to have a holy fear, to reverence Him, and treat Him as holy, to come expecting.