2 Chronicles 5:11-14 (NKJV)  

And it came to pass when the priests came out of the Most Holy Place (for all the priests who were present had sanctified themselves, without keeping to their divisions),
and the Levites who were the singers, all those of Asaph and Heman and Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, stood at the east end of the altar, clothed in white linen, having cymbals, stringed instruments and harps, and with them one hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets-–
indeed it came to pass, when the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the Lord, and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised the Lord, saying: "For He is good, For His mercy endures forever," that the house, the house of the Lord, was filled with a cloud,
so that the priests could not continue ministering because of the cloud; for the glory of the Lord filled the house of God.

What a picture!

Imagine at our place and in our time, the glory of God manifest so powerfully nobody can move.

When we look carefully at the dedication of Solomon's temple recorded here there are some things out of place in the usual order.

The Priest's broke the rules...

Only one was allowed to enter the Most Holy Place. Today they all did, they had all prepared themselves for His presence.

God should have judged such boldness, such flagrant disregard of the rules. But He didn't, He delighted in them and made His pleasure known.

The priests and the people had all prepared themselves to approach God boldly, in unity. Their hearts heard a call to the presence of God and they responded.

As their voices became one in worship, their actions one in service God's glory was manifest.

I often think "If only we were there to see and experience such a wonder"...but we are there right now.

Today we are His people.

God hasn't changed or gone anywhere. He can still be approached, He still calls and awaits our response.

Are our hearts as theirs were?

Let's join them in preparing ourselves in holiness, approaching God with boldness and declaring with one voice His goodness.

Lets respond to the call of the Spirit to enter the presence of God as a united people.