Who is Able to Build a House for God

God is bigger than you or me or anyone. If it is He that owns everything, then what can we give to Him that will be big enough for Him?

“⁶But who is able to build him a house, since heaven, even highest heaven, cannot contain him? Who am I to build a house for him, except as a place to make offerings before him?” – 2 Chronicles 2:6 (ESV)

As I read this morning I see two things in the above verse. 1) How big does the place need to be? 2) Can I make it good enough?

1) Well, the place, we would think that it would have to be immense in size to contain God and all that He is. As noted in the verse, “heaven cannot contain him”. Would it have to be bigger than a city itself, or maybe bigger than the state of Texas? Not hardly. When building a place for God, I have to remember that it is what is coming from the heart that matters most. And God will accept and inhabit anything that is erected in His name and for Him. Remember that we should be giving willingly all that we are able to give.

“⁹Then the people rejoiced because they had given willingly, for with a whole heart they had offered freely to the LORD. David the king also rejoiced greatly.” – 1 Chronicles 29:9 (ESV)

2) What if it cannot be made “good enough” for God? David and Solomon were building a temple that was of the finest that they could find, Gold, Silver, Bronze, and Precious Stones. And still, Solomon questioned as to whether if would be good enough for God. And in reality, God is just looking for us to devote to Him and for us to again give all that we are able. Lest we remember the woman that gave the last of her coins?

“⁴¹And he sat down opposite the treasury and watched the people putting money into the offering box. Many rich people put in large sums. ⁴²And a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which make a penny. ⁴³And he called his disciples to him and said to them, ‘Truly, I say to you, this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the offering box. ⁴⁴For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, all she had to live on.’” – Mark 12:41-44 (ESV)

God only wants us to give back to him out of our heart. Whether that is the biggest and best, or modest and conservative, when we are giving back to Him and building for Him out of our heart and devoting to Him and for His glory, then it is surely Big and Good Enough.

Where does your building for God fit? Are you looking to build grandly for all to see? What if you were simply to build for God and Him alone, what if it were Big and Good Enough?