Everywhere is Holy Ground

Because of Jesus, the presence that once threatened our lives is now opened up to us in a radical and scandalous way. The cross cleanses us of our sins, and now the Most Holy Place, the place where we can go to meet with God and enjoy life with him, is literally everywhere.

In the Lord's prayer, Jesus teaches us to call our hallowed God, "Father." His dangerous presence is transformed into a presence of intimacy and comfort; he's our dad. Through the cross, life in God's world becomes life in his "hallowed" presence. Every square inch of it is holy ground.

--Daniel Montgomery & Mike Cosper, Faithmapping: A Gospel Atlas for Your Spiritual Journey (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2012), 198.