In today's first reading, 2 Samuel 7: 4-17, God reminds David of all that He has done for Him and specifically tells David that he does not need him to build him a house. "In all my wanderings everywhere among the children of Israel, did I ever utter a word to any one of the judges whom I charged to tend my people Israel, to ask: 'Why have you not built me a house of cedar?'"
Then, through Nathan, God reminds David, further, that God is the One in charge of his life, that He is the One who called him to shepherd the Israelites, that He is the One who has "been with you wherever you went, and I have destroyed your enemies." I am the One, God tells David, who "will make you famous like the great ones of the earth." In other words, God is saying to David: You do not have to make a name for yourself by building Me, your God, a Temple.
Neither do you and I need to make a name for ourselves. God is doing that for us. God brought us into His Body, the Church, in Baptism. God has given us an inheritance, His eternal Kingdom, through the blood of the Cross. God feeds us with the best of wheat in Holy Communion, the Body and Blood of His Son Jesus Christ, by whom our redemption continues. For those who live justly, love tenderly, walk humbly with God (cf Micah 6:8), repent and believe in the Gospel, the Kingdom of heaven awaits them on the last day.
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