Holiness Becometh Thine House

 “Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O Lord, forever.”-Psalm 93:5

The testimonies of God are holy, and each one as an ornament of grace and beauty. As the flower on a barren tree, or the petals on a rose, so holiness becometh thy house.

When the psalmist speaks of God’s testimonies, he is speaking of the law of Moses. The rites, practices, and rituals that sanctify the temple of God. The house of God. The dress and ephod that adorn the priests who minister; and the commandments that govern the conduct of God’s people. It all points to holiness. To a separation from the world, a sacrifice of yourself, and an obedience to God. It reflects God’s character, righteousness, goodness, and judgment. Without it there is no beauty, comeliness, or alluring presence. Holiness becometh thine house. Holiness is beautiful, comely, and befitting for the house of God, and if for His house so let it become our house as well. And what is our house? The scripture says that: “For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.”(2 Corinthians 5:1) Our house here on earth is not about four walls and a roof, nor is it all about two hundred and six bones, containing seventy-eight organs, covered over with skin. Though this body that we walk around with is our tabernacle, it means more than just a collection of molecules. It is the decisions we make, and the consequences we leave behind. Our actions and reactions, our thoughts, words, and deeds. It all compiles together to create a house. People seek to ornament their house with so many worldly things, because they are becoming to the people of this world. Yet none becoming and so enduring as the ornament of holiness. Nothing so attractive to Almighty God as holiness and righteousness. When God chose to adorn his priest, he chose to use the finest stones, and choicest jewels, yet on his forehead he chose to proclaim: HOLINESS TO THE LORD. It was holiness that would lead the charge, holiness that would be set before them, holiness that must always remain on their minds.

God is holy, Christ is holy, and we are to be a people of holiness. It is not for us to promote worldly measures to try and attract worldly minds. No, our attractiveness to the world rises no higher and falls no lower than this powerful truth: “Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O Lord, forever.”