An Ornament to the House

Why is it that a wife gets to be an ornament to the house, but the husband does not? Maybe it's because most of us men don't make a very pretty ornament. For some of us the cat has to fill in as the ornament of the house. The house we want to look at this morning is God's house. Are we pretty enough to be ornaments to God's house? You'll need to get with Him on that; He chose you and me. However, in one thing we can know by the price paid: we are valuable enough to be chosen by our God for His house. The price was paid by Jesus, God's Son, and that price was the most He could pay. So, ornament and building block of God's house, you are valuable in Christ Jesus today.

Whatever the world may throw in your way or upon your head this day, God has placed a value upon you and me that the world can in no way diminish. God's house is a mighty house, we may even call it a mansion, an estate, a church. God began with the cornerstone of His Son, and will cap it with the keystone of His Son. We may with joy and gladness be called the Bride of Christ. You don't need to take my word for it; Jesus said it and died to claim us, and lived again to prepare His bride for that great wedding day. The preparation is long because the Son will not present any half-finished work to His Father. Let us end with an eyewitness account this morning:

Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.” (Rev 21:2-4)

God bless you all this weekend,
Bucky