Today's readings are 2 Samuel 7.18-29 and 1 Corinthians 10.23-11.16.
In 2 Samuel 7 David is rightly overwhelmed by what God has promised him. After all, David just wanted to build a house for the presence of God. But look what God has promised! God is going to build his people as an everlasting house for his presence. He is going to prosper his people. He is going to establish them.
What a wonderful temple of the Lord we see in the Church, where every believer is built into the walls of God's temple. We are also compared to a body in which the Lord has every member serving him in its appropriate manner. This is a body that works in unity. All the separate parts end up working as one great whole.
As we read today and as we go through our other daily affairs, let us remember the Lord is using us, our personalities, our occupations, our interactions, to proclaim his name and presence to our world. May we rejoice in the calling our Lord has given us.
In 2 Samuel 7 David is rightly overwhelmed by what God has promised him. After all, David just wanted to build a house for the presence of God. But look what God has promised! God is going to build his people as an everlasting house for his presence. He is going to prosper his people. He is going to establish them.
What a wonderful temple of the Lord we see in the Church, where every believer is built into the walls of God's temple. We are also compared to a body in which the Lord has every member serving him in its appropriate manner. This is a body that works in unity. All the separate parts end up working as one great whole.
As we read today and as we go through our other daily affairs, let us remember the Lord is using us, our personalities, our occupations, our interactions, to proclaim his name and presence to our world. May we rejoice in the calling our Lord has given us.
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Dave Spotts
blogging at http://capnsaltyslongvoyage.blogspot.com
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