God has got me choked up!!!
WHY?
1 Chronicles 17 vs 5 & 7-8 is deeply moving on multiple levels. To fully grasp the depth of this magnificent Holy Scripture we need to start in the knowledge that God, Himself, says of David, “He is a man after my own heart.”
CAN GOD SAY THAT ABOUT US?
Secondly, we need to understand a bit of the history leading up to 1 Chronicles 17. God has freed people from pagan oppression, led them through hellish terrain, defeated their enemies, and has had to continuously reprimand the people who stuck in cognitive dissonance go back to pagan worship despite the living evidence of God in their lives.
NOW I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I GET FED UP WITH PEOPLE WHEN I HELP AND THEY KICK THAT HELP IN THE TEETH BY ABUSING MY KINDNESS.
Not our INCREDIBLE DAD. No, He disciplines and gives chance after chance after chance.
With that context we find 1 Chronicles 17 sobering and so vulnerable because God shows His Unwavering Commitment to see His Covenant with humanity reach its conclusion of saving those who stay committed to Him.
I mean, hear these words from THEE LIVING CREATOR, our Father, the Maker of this beautiful world we find ourselves in, “I have gone with you from tent to tent, dwelling to dwelling, everywhere you have gone.”
CAN GOD SAY THE SAME OF US?
HAVE WE BEEN FAITHFUL TO WHAT HE WANTS US TO DO FOR HIM, THAT ACTUALLY BENEFITS US?
A PERSONAL TESTIMONY:
I became a Believer 19 years ago. Most of those 19 years I truly sucked at being a Christian. Truth be told, I still struggle. I yearn for the day that Jesus returns and I finally will be made perfect for God. I get moody and down in the dumps, and frustrated with my DAD. Yet, I know that He is always right and when it finally registers in my heart and thick skull why He done what He did, I just laugh at how my DAD is faaaaaaaaaaar better at good, righteousness, and truth than I am.
Anyhow, I have lived a tumultuous life. Some forced upon me, and like the Israelites my unhealed cognitive dissonance created by imprinted neuro-programming caused me to make stupid choices. The resulting outcome has caused me to move tent to tent, dwelling to dwelling often.
I am about to do so again, hopefully the last time until I can buy my own home and settle down until I die, unless my DAD has other ideas for me to achieve for Him.
As I read 1 Chronicles 17 vs 5 & 7-8, I look back at how few of my tents where entirely focused on being God’s House. Yes, my homes have been places I have prayrd, cried out to Jesus, screamed at God in my lack of knowledge, gone through my disciplining coming from God, but I have never asked God, “DAD, if You were going to live in this house, what decor, layout, design, and vibe would You want that makes You want to stay with me?”
I am so grateful that 1 Chronicles 17 vs 5 & 7-8, has been prompted in me by The Holy Spirit, because I am excited to see how my DAD answers my question in the coming months as I let Him guide me to have a home that says,” GOD COMES FIRST IN THIS HOME.”
HAVE YOU ASKED GOD IF HE IS HAPPY TO DWELL WITH YOU IN YOUR HOME, AND IF HE SAYS “NO” WOULD YOU CHANGE WHAT HE SAYS MUST CHANGE?
#Hayibo 