Houses and the Cross

We are in the process of trying to sell our house and buy another house in the country with a little land. In doing so there are so many questions, decisions, and temptations to doubt God and trust in ourselves. What should we ask for our house? Which other house is best for us now? Which house will be best for us in 8 years? Will we still be in this area in 8 years? What do we offer for that house? How will it resell? All these questions and many more run through our minds and can push a trust and reliance on God totally out of our minds.

Recently, God has been teaching me of the importance of the cross; not just in our salvation but in every area of our life—how it is our strength for daily living, how it is the focal point of our praise to God, how it is our hope in suffering and sickness, and more. While there are great and grand doctrines and truths that have their beginning and end at Calvary, I thought this morning that the cross even applies to buying and selling houses. The Bible says in Romans 8:31-32, “What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him over for us all, how will He not also with Him freely give us all things?”

Now, I know that I cannot expect God to give me any house I want for any price I want. But if my Dad in Heaven did not withhold His own Son for me, will He withhold anything that is for my good? (Compare Matt. 7:7-11). In the midst of house dealings, I can look to the cross. One of the thousand-and-one things the cross tells me is that I can trust the Father to give me all good things, even the right house at the right time for the right price. I’m glorying in the cross today! Will you join me?