A hospitable home is like God's home. He doesn’t exclude anyone who wants to come from His home. He loves the word COME. His home is a welcome home. A " let him take the water of life freely" home (Revelation 21: 6 and 22:17). A "come to the waters" home. A “come buy wine and milk without money” home (Isaiah 55:1, 2)
God is an hospitable God and He wants His heavenly home filled. He sent His only beloved Son to die and shed His blood to "bring many sons to glory" (Hebrew 2:10). Because He dwells in us, He wants to reveal His hospitality through us.
Some people think that hospitality is for certain people who have that particular "ministry." No, hospitality is the lifestyle of the kingdom of God. It is a biblical doctrine that starts in Genesis and weaves through the pages of the Bible to Revelation. Hositality is an extension of your mothering and homemaking ministry (1 Timothy 5:10).
Your home is your greatest place to serve God, firstly to your husband and children and then to many who will be blessed by your food and love and encouragement at your table. As you open your home to the ones God lays on your heart, you will never have another boring moment.
Your home is the greatest place for people to feel the presence of God. It is the perfect place for lonely and broken-hearted people to experience God's love. It is where you encourage the saints in God and keep each other from going astray.
As Peter exhorts us how to live as we get closer to the coming of the Lord, he says, "The end of all things is at hand . . . Be hospitable to one another without grumbling" (1 Peter 4:7-10).
If God lives in your home, it will be an hospitable home.
Be encouraged,
Nancy Campbell