Wednesday – History

Reading – 1 Kings 7

Highlight Verse:

”Solomon also built a palace for himself, and it took him thirteen years to complete the construction.“
‭‭1 Kings‬ ‭7‬:‭1‬ ‭NLT‬‬

About 14 years ago, I helped a family I knew move into a new rental home. Through some unforeseen circumstances, they lost the house they had owned but they found a larger, nicer house to rent at an affordable rate.

When I saw the house, I thought, “Wow, this is a really nice big house. I wish I could afford a house like this.”

I write this from the basement of a house my wife and I bought almost ten years ago. It’s the same house.

There is much more to that story that I don’t have room for here.

Most importantly, the sellers, who were that other family’s landlords, prayed for us and the house that it would be a place of ministry.

We and others have been greatly blessed here and and we pray that the ministry would continue. Every night as I climb the stairs to our bedroom, I thank God for letting us live here.

Solomon’s palace was far larger than this house, but I believe he also saw it as a place for ministry.

It included areas for celebration, justice, and ruling.

A home is more than a space for separating ourselves into family units.

It is a place of hospitality.

It is a place of family bonding and building.

It is a place of study.

It is a place of love shared within a family and shown outward to a community.

In short, it is a place of ministry.

How do you view your home?
Do you have stories of ministry that has happened in your home that you could share?