At Home with God

2 Samuel 7; 1 Chronicles 17; Psalms. 2; Matthew 20

“…’Here I am, living in a palace of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent.’…’Go and tell my servant David, ‘This is what the Lord says: Are you the one to build me a house to dwell in?’...’The Lord declares to you that the Lord himself will establish a house for you:…I will raise up your offspring to succeed you…’”

2 Samuel 7:1, 5, 10-12

What is the difference between a house and a home?

David desired to build a house for God’s presence. God desired to be at home with David and his family for all generations. The fulfillment of God’s promise to David was the birth of Christ in his family line. We enter this lineage of faith as we, too, enter covenant with God through Christ and welcome Jesus into our lives to be at home with us. Multi-generational faith stories within families testify to God’s faithful love. When we choose to honor God, he overwhelms us with his love and goodness.

What faith story is your family experiencing that has turned your house into a home marked by the love of God?

David was walking in the covenant promises of his great-grandmother Ruth and in turn passed on that blessing to his descendants. God’s invitation to us is to do the same.

“Lord Jesus, thank you for your faithfulness to our family and for your faithful presence in our lives, for your glory.”