GOD'S HOUSE

 

When we were having our house built, my wife and I went into the construction site and looked at it every day. We walked into the basement, and then when the first floor was built, we walked around it. Eventually the roof was finished, and then the walls. We were really excited as the completion of the house got closer. Then we had to paint all the walls and doors. That was the real exciting part – for my wife.

I mention that because in our Psalm today (5), we read, “I, through the abundance of your steadfast love, will enter your house. I will bow down toward your holy temple in the fear of you.” Have you ever entered our church and thought that? Have you ever entered any church and thought that?

I have been in many beautiful churches across the United States and throughout Europe where I entered and stood in awe marveling at the beauty of what I saw. Most of these churches were over 100 years old. They were magnificent, and I really thought that God must live here.

You know that Jesus marveled at the Temple in Jerusalem when he entered it. For the Jewish people, the Temple was where God truly lived. God was found in the “Holy of Holies.” Today, Jesus lives here, and in our hearts, and in other believers’ hearts.

So, when you meet other believers, you should be in awe of God just as Jesus was in awe of God in the Temple, and just as King David was in awe of God when he came before the ark of the covenant. As God’s children, we should love and honor God in every believer, and hope that others see God in us, but that only happens when we show how much we love God.

With that, we pray. Heavenly Father, from whom all fatherhood in heaven and earth is named: Bless these and all children, and give their fathers and mothers the spirit of wisdom and love, so that the homes in which they grow up may be to them an image of Your Kingdom, and the care of their parents a likeness of Your love. We pray in the Name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.