Preached by Rev. Erik Kindem.
Scripture: 2 Samuel 7:1-11; Luke 1:26-38
Summary
Recalling his participation in a Habitat for Humanity blitz-build, Pastor Kindem builds his sermon around a theme that connects the reading from Samuel with the reading from Luke, where Gabriel calls Mary to serve as habitat for God.
The sermon asks whether there is a sense in which we, too, are being tapped to become habitats—dwelling places—for God?
Brother Martin puts it this way: “…one of the exceedingly great promises granted to us…[is] that we…should…not only to be loved by God through Christ Jesus…but should even have the Lord himself dwelling completely in us.” For we are “indeed called and made the habitation of God.”