Holiness!

Holiness adorns Your house (Psalm 93:5, NKJV).

            What kind of impression does your house make?  What strikes people when they first step inside your house?  Millions of dollars are spent by homeowners trying to achieve that just-right impression.  What if your home is a former church?  Lee Eclov writes about an actual real estate listing in Dallas, Texas about a home converted from a church:

It was an online description of a real estate listing in Dallas. The headline just said, "Converted church." Once it had been a church, now it was somebody's house. According to John Whiteside, the realtor showing the house, "De-sanctified churches are the number-one type of building converted to residential use." Whew! That's something of a mind-bender for Christians who call each other brother and sister, and talk about their church home.  The article said, "The altar has been adapted for use as a granite and stainless steel themed kitchen, in homage to the cooking gods." That's the words they used—"in homage to the cooking gods"! It went on, "The choir loft has been rewired for a home theater." There was no baptistery, but there was a soaking tub—and, among other things, a game room, a music room and an exercise studio. All this for about $2 million!

           

            I don’t know about de-sanctified churches, but I do know about sanctified homes.  Is your home a place which reflects the presence of the Lord?  If holiness adorns the Lord’s house, what about your house? For many of us, our home is the biggest investment we will ever make.  Why not let it make a statement for the Lord?