MAKE ROOM

What if the chair you've saved for God has quietly been filled by fear, success, money, or even yourself? Pastor Dave unpacks week three of the *Make Room* series from 2 Kings 4:10, where a woman intentionally furnishes a room for the man of God—bed, lamp, table, and chair. While the bed declares *stay* and the lamp declares *speak*, Pastor Dave reveals that the chair declares *rule*. Drawing on Psalm 22:3—*"But You are holy, enthroned in the praises of Israel"*—he shows how praise doesn't change God; it changes what we magnify. Like Paul and Silas praising in chains before a single door opened, mature faith worships before the breakthrough, not after. Pastor Dave challenges the church to stop chasing spiritual manifestations and start exalting Jesus—because when the Lamb is lifted, the Dove always shows up. Worship isn't the preview; it's the preparation that softens hearts and cultivates soil for God's Word to take root. Somewhere along the way, something else took the throne. Today is the day to reclaim it. Give Jesus back His seat—surrender every area of your life and let Him rule completely.

2 Kings 4:10 NKJV

“Please, let us make a small upper room on the wall; and let us put a bed for him there, and a table and a chair and a lampstand; so it will be, whenever he comes to us, he can turn in there.”

Psalm 22:3 says that God is:

“Enthroned in the praises of Israel.”

Psalm 34:3 NKJV

“Oh, magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt His name together.”

Now think about that.

John 16:14 NKJV “He will glorify Me.”

Psalm 150:6 NKJV

“Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. Praise the LORD!”

Psalm 34:1 NKJV

“I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth.”