Monday 30 December 2013

THE IDEAL HOUSE



READ: JUDGES 16:20-21     
There are some houses that have been built. Their finishing is superb and everything is set in order but they are never occupied. That shall not be not portion in Jesus name. You are God’s building. He is building you up so as to reside in you. But if your heart is not circumcised or is full of evil, you can be sure you will a house not inhabited by the builder and owner. Moreover, there are some houses that will never be completed. One reason for this according to Malachi 3:8-12 is that sends devourers to rob those who rob Him. How? People could borrow money from such a brother and never pay back. Some visitors may come at a time the fellow was planning to do something with money and in the process the money is spent on his guests.
A devourer can be your car and your mechanic. Haggai 1:3-6 talks of bag with holes. This could operate through mysterious loss of money. The household appliances can breakdown one after another or a high voltage from power supply can finish them in seconds. Anyone who opens the door to the devourer will sing a dirge. This is not your portion in Jesus name. You shall sing songs of joy. Your joy shall be full. Allow God to have His way in your life.
Some houses are rebuilt after they have been broken down while some which were not roofed are eventually roofed. This is an act of God’s mercy. Samson is an example of this. He was once a mighty man of God, then he became a collapsed building. Through God’s mercy, his hair grew again. Nebuchadnezzar was once a great king but because he offended the One who should not be offended, he became a strange beast in the forest. Out of mercy God built him again. Are you a backslider? God is calling you now to return and He will build you again. What kind of building are you? Cry out to God now to build you. The greatest house is the one that is completed and eteranally inhabited by the Builder and the Owner. Paul, John, Peter and James are examples here. You can be that building.
MEMORIZE: 1 CORINTHIANS 3:9 –For we are labourers together with God, you are God’s husbandry, you are God’s building.