Is your house God’s house?
That question really got me this week. I was reading in Titus 1, where Paul is laying out the qualities of someone who manages God’s household. And it made me stop and think: if Caryn and I want our home to belong to the Lord, what kind of qualities should I be living out as the one leading it?
Titus 1:7–8 says,
“Since an overseer manages God’s household, he must be blameless—not overbearing, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not pursuing dishonest gain. Rather, he must be hospitable, one who loves what is good, who is self-controlled, upright, holy and disciplined.”
Some of those hit close to home. I mean, quick-tempered? That one’s tough for me. But I don’t want to just read these things and move on. I want to ask God to shape me into this kind of man. The kind who reflects His heart at home.
Because if I say my house belongs to God, then I want the way I lead it to show that it really does.
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