Seize the Moment – Day 911
The Foundation of God’s House!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Wednesday, September 14.
The building of a house is a beautiful metaphor for God’s people,[1] and we first find it in God’s promise to David in 1 Chronicles 17:11-14 (cf. 2 Samuel 7:12-16):
When your days are fulfilled that you must go to be with your fathers, that I will set up one of your descendants after you, who will be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build for Me a house, and I will establish his throne forever. I will be his father and he shall be My son; and I will not take My lovingkindness away from him, as I took it from him who was before you. But I will settle him in My house and in My kingdom forever, and his throne shall be established forever.
God’s covenant with David illuminates the crucial theological concept of adoption, on which the foundation for God’s house is built. God adopted David and his future family to be His family, and David’s household would be God’s dwelling place, His home forever.
God’s promise to David was fulfilled in Jesus Christ, who is the Rock on which our lives are built. Like God promised to David, the foundation of our house is built upon God’s adoption of us, as Paul taught in Romans 8:15, “you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, ‘Abba! Father!’” Our adoption into the family of God is our induction into His kingdom forever, which is the fulfillment of the promise of God to David.
God is building His home in us, as Paul stated in 1 Corinthians 3:16, “Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?” (cf. 1 Corinthians 6:19; 2 Corinthians 6:16).
God bless you!
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FOOTNOTES:
[1] Pastor Daniel Lepley is in the process of writing, Building Church. His new book explores this metaphor and its applications to how we can revitalize our churches. I have been honored to be one of his advance readers, and I believe it will be an important read for church leaders.