Honoring God’s House

Scripture:

 ““ ‘Make an altar of earth for me and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, your sheep and goats and your cattle. Wherever I cause my name to be honored, I will come to you and bless you.” ‭‭Exodus‬ ‭20‬:‭24‬ ‭NIV‬‬

Observation:

This instruction was given to Moses on Mt Sinai when he received the Law. God told him to make an altar for offerings. He continued to say, “Wherever I cause my name to be honored, I will come to you and bless you.” Church today is the place where we honor God. This passage says it is there that God will come and bless His people.

Application:

My generation has lost its honor and respect for the house of God. In the past, there was a great respect for the Lord’s house, the church. Although it is just a building, it is still a building that has been dedicated to the purposes of God. It is a place that has been set aside as a place of worship. We need to teach our children and those under my leadership to honor the church as God’s house and the place He comes to bless His people. We need to treat the building better than we currently do.

Prayer:

Father, forgive me for not honoring Your house more and teaching our people to honor Your house. Help me to establish some guidelines for how to treat the house of God. I don’t want to become legalistic because I know You live in my heart and I am Your temple, but I also want to honor the place set aside to meet with You and for You to come and bless Your people. Help me to treat it with more respect and honor.

Yours Forever,

Jeff