Our earthly houses are built of brick and mortar.
We finish them out with trim, paint, and elegant lighting. We love to show them off, and we’re brokenhearted when they gain a patina of age through use and abuse by our family and friends.
What can’t our houses remain new forever? And while we’re asking, we want our finishes to remain in style, and our mechanical systems to function perfectly every day.
We want an amazing miracle, when instead, we’re forced to keep our pocketbook open and continually invest in a house we can barely afford.
God has no such issues. He invites us to join him in his eternal house, one that will never age, will always be in style, and will feel lovely to us for all the ages to come.
Psalm 27:4 reveals the Lord as the lovely focus of his magnificent house:
“One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in his temple.”
Psalm 34:8 touts God’s house as our refuge where we’ll find the good things of God in eternal abundance:
“Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!”
Proverbs 17:17 says our friends will be at our side in God’s house, and our true brothers will endure with us though every adversity:
“A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.”
Isaiah 40:28-31 lifts our voices in praise, for in God’s house, we are made anew, to fly like eagles, and to walk and not faint:
“Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength. Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.”
We can chase after houses of brick and mortar, or we can step into God’s house and praise him for his wonder and glory. One way is exhausting, and the other is exhilarating. It’s our choice, one that we all make. We follow the example of Christ, or we chase after the world.
When we step into God’s house, we’re lifted up in him every time.
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