word a day (3): Isaiah 54:2

HOUSE... A dwelling place. Throughout the bible, the word house is often used to describe the church. Many churches are primarily used as a place to worship a couple days of the week, but I believe there is to much life in the church to just let it sit empty the rest of the the week. I would often, especially when I was in School of Ministry, be there everyday. Even if we were going to head into the city with friends, we would meet in the parking lot and just chill out there. There is a sense of comfort, a sense of belonging when your there. The feeling that you should have when sitting in your own room, but even more. It is often said that we are aliens to this earth as christians. That exemplifies why we feel so at home in the church. We are in the place were God comes and meets us every week. Our Father. He wants us to have a passion for the house. To build it. To maintain it.

Another use of the word "house" would be anyone of us. As believers, Jesus Christ lives WITHIN us. We house the Spirit. I hate to think of all the stuff we have within us and what we do to our body, and what kind of dwelling place we become. How it can possibly even effect God's presence in our lives. If we take into consideration that God is a flat-mate of ours, but even closer, what would He have to share space with. When we subject ourselves to a questionable movie, song, or even food, it is in us. In the same place God lives. We are told to maintain and keep it a pleasant place for God to work in and through.