"Did I ever say...'why have you not built Me a house of cedar?'" II Samuel 7:7
In response to David's desire to build God a real house, a suitable residence; God's response is quite contradictory to human thought process. '"What's wrong with my tent?" The human thought process is that we must make something grander, bigger, taller, better, more beautiful, more awe inspiring, more shiny; something that is fitting for the God who dwells in it. We will create a house for God that will really make Him look GOOD!
If your reading this after dark; shut of your lights for a moment, go outside and look up into the sky. Have you noticed the universe lately? Have you considered its expanse? If our solar system was the diameter of a quarter, our galaxy -the milky way- would be the size of the continental USA. And there are millions more galaxies. And God holds it all in His hand.
Now lets get back to our plans... let's see... how could we build a place that would really make God look awesome? What a trite thought! What a patronizing plan. How could we through the efforts of our hands create anything that would add to His already incomprehensible greatness?!? It's impossible; the tent is just fine. After all the whole earth is already his and everything in it.
"From each man whose heart prompts Him" Exodus 25:1
Now we get to it. How do I make known the greatness of God? By a heart that is moved by Him. By giving my whole self to Him. By declaring "He is worth my all, my very life." Give Him your love, your heart, soul, mind, and strength. And in this simple act, you broadcast a message across the great expanse of the universe "Look at how GREAT my God is!" And this is what He desires.
Amazed by Him,
Aaron
