“My house shall be called a house of prayer.”
We hear this line a few times in Scripture—first in Isaiah, then when Christ quotes it in the New Testament.
I think we can take a moment to reflect on this very practically.
It’s not too far-fetched to think we want the same for our own homes. We want our homes to be houses of prayer.
Now, it’s not going to be a house of prayer in the same way a Carmelite monastery is a house of prayer. Unless your kids are different than mine.
But we can still ask: What do we want our house to be a house of?
Is it a house of peace? A house of work? A house of escape? A house of distraction?
What is the thing our house is a house of right now?
And more importantly: What do we hope it could be?
Because our homes become what we make them. What we prioritize. What we allow. What we model.
If there’s no prayer, it won’t be a house of prayer. If there’s no peace, it won’t be a house of peace. If there’s no intentionality, it’ll become a house of whatever fills the void.
So what are we building? What are we making room for?
My house shall be called a house of _____.
What fills in the blank?
