Read: 2 Samuel 7:1-8:18; John 14:15-31; Psalm 119:33-48; Proverbs 15:33
David had always wanted to build God a house to live in on earth. This was not God’s idea, but David’s, yet God told David he could do whatever was in his heart to do. God sent Nathan to tell him that his offspring, not David, would build the house and God would give him rest from his enemies. David’s job was to secure the kingdom and fight and subdue the nations that hated Israel. God gave him victory wherever he went and made David’s name great on the earth.
God’s plan was to put his house in us. We are his temple of God’s Spirit on the earth and his presence here. We carry his presence wherever we go.
In John, Jesus promised to send the Comforter, the Holy Spirit when he left. He would be the Spirit of truth. He would remind them of all that Jesus had said and done and teach them all things. He encouraged them that they had nothing to worry about or fear because he was leaving his peace with them and with us. He also told them that he was coming back.
Lord, thank you for the Holy Spirit! Enlarge our vision of what you want to do through us today.
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