Dear mother, one of your great career credentials is that you are a builder. Proverbs 14:1 says: “Every wise woman builds her house.” What kind of a home are you building? Our aim should be more than building a home for a family but building a home for God. David had a vision to build a home for God and his desire was to make it “exceedingly magnificent” and “of fame and glory.” 2 Chronicles 2:5 says: “The house that is to be builded for the LORD must be exceeding magnificent, of fame and glory throughout all countries”
What vision do you have for building your home for the Lord? I’m not talking about building a mansion with elaborate and expensive décor. There are far more important things to build in your home than materialistic things.
The word "magnificent" is “gadal” in the Hebrew and means, "to make large, advance, exceed, grow up, increase, lift up, magnify, and 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 lives. Always increasing and strengthening the quality of our family life. Always open 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.
Every day we seek to grow 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).
Do you think you could aim 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?
Are you building an ordinary marriage or a magnificent marriage?
Are you building an ordinary family life or an amazing family life?
Blessings from Nancy Campbell