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Thus says the LORD:
Should you build me a house to dwell in?
In our zeal we run the risk of getting so involved in our self-chosen projects which we undertake for God that we miss those things to which God is actually calling us, which he is doing.
I will raise up your heir after you, sprung from your loins,
and I will make his Kingdom firm.
It is he who shall build a house for my name.
It sounds so great to be at work building the house of the LORD, making it a beautiful place for his presence to dwell. But it is only going to turn out to be beautiful if it is the thing that the LORD is doing. If it is his initiative and we are called to join him then we must by all means build. But the fundamental thing that the LORD wants us to remember when we listen to him and discern what we should do next is that our Christian life isn't really about what we can do for the LORD.
If I were hungry, I would not tell you,
for the world and its fullness are mine (see Psalm 50:12).
Our walk with God is about what he can do and especially what he has already done for us.
Your house and your kingdom shall endure forever before me;
your throne shall stand firm forever.
He has raised up Jesus on the throne of David and made his Kingdom to endure forever. We are called to be a part of that Kingdom and not to build our own. That Kingdom is the place where we find refuge and safety from the enemies that surround us.
I will fix a place for my people Israel;
I will plant them so that they may dwell in their place
without further disturbance.
Let us be open to the seed the sower is sowing. Let us not be a path to rocky to receive his word or not deep enough to let his plan take root in us. Let us give him good soil so that the vine that bears abundant fruit may also burst forth from the seed the Spirit plants in us.
For ever I will maintain my love for my servant.
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