King David had a passionate vision to build a house for the Lord His God. It wasn’t a little vision, but a huge vision. He used some amazing adjectives as he described the house he wanted to build. In 1 Chronicles 22:5 he confesses: “The house that is to be builded for the LORD must be EXCEEDINGLY MAGNIFICENT, of fame and glory throughout all countries.”
What vision do you have for building your home for the Lord? I am sure you are building it for Him. I’m not talking about building a mansion with elaborate and expensive décor. There are far more important things to build in our home than materialistic things.
Do you think we could seek to build a home that is . . .
EXCEEDINGLY MAGNIFICENT in godliness,
EXCEEDINGLY MAGNIFICENT in the beauty of order and simplicity,
EXCEEDINGLY MAGNIFICENT in family togetherness,
EXCEEDINGLY MAGNIFICENT in the disciplines of prayer and love for God's Word,
EXCEEDINGLY MAGNIFICENT in peace and harmony,
EXCEEDINGLY MAGNIFICENT in joy, gladness, happiness, and laughter,
EXCEEDINGLY MAGNIFICENT in the manifestation of the presence of God.
The word "magnificent" is “gadal” in the Hebrew and means, "to make large, advance, exceed, excellent, great, grow up and increase, lift up, magnify, promote." Our family life should never become stagnant. We should always be advancing and thinking of better ways to intensify the manifestation of the presence of God in our family life.
Always increasing and strengthening the quality of our family life. Alwys pen to the increase of children. This is what makes a home magnificent—not the adding of things, but babies and growing children. They are the true riches of our home. Isaiah 54:2-3 says: “Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes; for thou shalt break forth on the right and on the left."
Daily promoting our marriage relationship. Doing something to make it more magnificent and amazing each new day. Of course, this won't just happen. David worked hard to make preparation to build God's home. The Bible says he prepared abundantly (1 Chronicles 22:3-5).
Are you building an ordinary marriage or a magnificent marriage? Are you building an ordinary family life or an amazing family life?
Let’s get a big vision.
Love from Nancy Campbell