Isaiah 66:1-2

Heaven Is God's Throne
1 Thus says the LORD,
"Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool
Where then is a house you could build for Me?
And where is a place that I may rest?
2 "For My hand made all these things,
Thus all these things came into being," declares the LORD
"But to this one I will look,
To him who is humble and contrite of spirit, and who trembles at My word.

We loose sight of the fact that God has created all. That God is all knowing, all powerful and all loving. The imagery behind the statement that 'Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool' is absolutely awesome. This verse was intended to point out a major issue in Jewish times, that I feel is still relevant today.

Isaiah writes 'Where then is a house you could build for Me? And where is a place that I may rest?' We limit God to church and to prayer before a meal or before bed or whatever our schedule really permits. We, as a culture, have build monuments and massive churches where God is to 'live.' If 'Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool,' it should be that we rejoice in God in all areas of our lived: Our homes and our jobs, our mornings and our nights, all of our days. It is only because of Him that we have these anyways...

Verse two in Isaiah 66 is especially great given today's condition of man. God reveals to whom he looks to. '... To him who is humble and contrite in spirit, and who trembles at My word.'

How are we to respond to this then? It is quite clear that this is a directive in which believers are called to respond and to act accordingly. We are to keep God's word holy and strive towards this... ...and only realizing the vastness and the greatness of God's love and righteousness will we even come close.