Furnished for Every Good Work

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For a couple of years now I have pondered why there is a 4 day gap between the Day of Atonement and the Feast of Tabernacles. The analogy God has given me is to think about is buying a house. Think of the Day of Atonement as the closing day when God purchased a new house to live in, which is us. Before closing can happen all of the accounting must be reconciled so that there is a clean slate.  After closing, God has to move in, furnish, and decorate the house. These 4 days are a reminder that God has fully furnished us for every good work.  He moved everything he has on the inside of us. After he has moved in he wants to have a 7 day party to celebrate the new house. 

2 Timothy 3:17 says... So that the servant of God may be fully furnished for every good work and Proverbs 15:6 says the house of the righteous contains great treasure. 

God has some good works for us to walk in and he has furnished or equipped us to walk in them. We don't have to rely on our own abilities, he has furnished us for every good work. 

As we take communion today, let it be a time to receive this from God. 

I am praying for you. 

Daniel