The Names of God - The Builder of All Things

 The Builder of All Things

Therefore, holy brothers, you who share in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession, who was faithful to him who appointed him, just as Moses also was faithful in all God’s house. For Jesus has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses—as much more glory as the builder of a house has more honor than the house itself. (For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God.) Now Moses was faithful in all God’s house as a servant, to testify to the things that were to be spoken later, but Christ is faithful over God’s house as a son. And we are his house, if indeed we hold fast our confidence and our boasting in our hope.

Hebrews 3:1-6 (ESV)

Outside of The Church itself, the most important thing built on the earth is the human soul. Many places in scripture refer to people as houses to be built. The first exposure man had to “God’s House” was the tabernacle which Moses was instructed to build for the nation of Israel as they wandered in the wilderness, getting reacquainted with a God who loved them and chose them as His own. He had plans which involved them, but they had become distant from the very God who loved them so.

In an attempt to woo them back to Himself, God gave Moses The Law to show Israel how they should live in order to be in fellowship with the Creator. God also gave the design for a “house” in which He would come and fellowship with mankind via the high priest.

The New Testament describes The Law as a schoolmaster, given to show us the need for grace. Once Israel saw the standard God required, and their inability to keep The Law, they had to cry out for mercy. God met them there.

Once God showed His plan to reestablish the fellowship lost in The Garden, He continued working to establish a “house” which would remain forever. This was accomplished when Jesus came to earth; the Son of God became the Son of Man, the supreme sacrifice. “The Builder of All Things” was busy constructing a “house,” The Church, which was founded on Christ and His death, burial, resurrection, ascension, and seating at the right hand of the Father. This foundation is unshakable and will remain forever.

All of this “building” was done so that each one of us could be built into the image of Jesus. That is God’s desire for each and every person who has ever lived. So much so that God has predestined each of us to be conformed to the image of His Son, Jesus. He is the Master Builder, able to take any willing person exactly right where they are, exactly as they are, and from the first moment of turning toward God, they begin the journey of restoration into the fullness of why they were created. This is the essence of grace.

When you come to accept the offer God has made to everyone, one of taking what we have so He can give us all He has, we have started the journey of restoration, healing, being established, and becoming the “house” of God’s creation. God is the master at “flipping houses.” Let him work His plan in your life by simply turning over the deed to your soul so He can build you into a magnificent structure which will become a haven for others to find peace, rest, and hope for a new future.