Psa 132:5 Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob.

Why is David a man after God’s own heart? It is because he has a heart for God. David would not think himself housed till he had built a house for the LORD. He says in this psalm: "I will not enter my house or get into my bed. I will not give sleep to my eyes or slumber to my eyelids, until I find a place for the LORD, a dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob" (v.3-5, ESV). David could not enjoy sleep till he had done his best to provide a place for the ark of God. It smote his heart to see the ark of God had to be housed in tents while he lived in his house (2 Samuel 7:2). He resolved he would not rest until he has found a place for the ark of God to dwell. David’s first priority in life was to build a temple for his God. In the New Covenant, God no longer is restricted to a fix location where men go to worship. Our Lord said to a Samaritan woman: “Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father” (John 4:21). God no longer is worshipped in temples made with hands (Acts 17:24). Where is God’s temple today? It is anywhere where Christians meet: “Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?” (1 Corinthians 3:16). The pronouns “ye” and “you” are in the plural form. It means that individually, a Christian is not a temple of God. The “temple of God” refers to the community of Christians, or of the church, as being the place where God dwells on the earth. Paul writes in Ephesians 2:22: “In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.” Paul is referring to the collective body of Christians, the church, as the habitation of God. In the Old Covenant, God did not dwell in every individual Israelite; He dwelt in the temple. In the New Covenant, God dwells among Christians; they are His temple, the place of His abode. Our Lord says: “For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them” (Matthew 18:20). Since the church is the spiritual temple of God and God dwells in this temple, our priority in life should be as David – to build the temple of God. We should desire the church be the place where God’s name is glorified. How can we go about doing it? 1. By being the best Christians we ought to be: “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven” (Matthew 5:16). 2. By being the most loving persons in the community: “By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another” (John 13:35). 3. By holding on to the word of truth: “That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me” (John 17:21). Paul says the house of God is the church (1 Timothy 3:15). Peter says every Christian is a lively stone that build up a spiritual house of God (1 Peter 2:5). Individually, everyone is a stone. But together, we are a house of God. Let our ambition in this life be to build up the house of God: “In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord” (Ephesians 2:21). A great congregation can become a greater congregation. What are you doing to make this congregation a greater congregation? Yes, YOU can make a difference!