Sons build their father's house. Let's look at the natural, first of all. A house can refer to a physical building, and it can also refer to a generational dynasty - both are a house. Let's have a look at Moses...
Exodus 25:8-9 - "Let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them, according to all that I show you. That is the pattern of the Tabernacle, the pattern of all his furnishings, just so you shall make it".
Exodus 40:33-35 - "He raised the court around the Tabernacle, the alter. He hung up the screen of the gate. He finished the work (just like Jesus finished the work). The cloud of God's glory covered the Tabernacle in the meeting and the glory of the Lord filled the Tabernacle, and Moses could not even enter the building because the cloud rested above it. The glory of the Lord filled the Tabernacle".
God is the initiator of this building process. He's the project designer or architect. God desired to dwell among men, that is the plan. When we talk about a house, we're talking about some place you live. God wants to live on the earth among people. I don't want to get into teaching around heaven, but people have got some strange ideas what heaven is; but the Bible tells us very clearly, man is made to dwell in the earth. The earth has been corrupted and God's desire is to restore it, and dwell in the earth with men.
You can see the pattern here, it starts off: and God said, "let them make me a house". I want you to make me a house, a tent, a temporary dwelling, and I'll come and live in it. The idea came from God. His heart is to live among us, and to express His nature, and all His resources, and share them among us. "Let them make me a sanctuary". This came from God. It's God's intention, God's purpose. That's the first thing. God is the initiator of the plan, and He's the grand architect.
Secondly, it's a son who built the house. Exodus 25:8 - "Let them make me a sanctuary, a dwelling place, so I can live among them". How do we know it was a son? Because in another part, in Exodus, God calls Israel "my son". In other words, when God is thinking son, He has a whole corporate family. He's thinking of a whole body of sons. So when he says "let them", he's saying: "let my son build the house". God doesn't choose a servant to build the house. He chooses a son. People who carry his heart, carry His nature, carry a passion for Him, and build what he wants. He's the planner; but we are expected to carry out the plan, and add our creativity into it.
For example, in Exodus 4:2, Pharaoh says, "The Lord Israel is my son. Let my son go, that he may serve me". So when God says: "let them build the house", He's viewing Israel as a son - let my son build the house.
1) God is the planner, the architect, the designer, the initiator - that's what father means. He's the source.
2) He says: my son will build the house. People who aren't in relationship with God, can't build for him. What they build, He won't bless it. You must be born again.
3) Father gave the pattern. Father gave the design.
Verse 9 - "According to all I show you the pattern, the Tabernacle, the pattern of its furnishings, and you'll make it".
The word pattern is a template, the detailed plan of how it should be done. How do they get the plan? They didn't come up with a plan by having a planning meeting, or a committee. Moses saw the plan. God showed it to him. I don't want you to build me anything you like, and say I'll be happy with it. I want you to build what I want, because what I want will be a reflection of what is already existing in heaven. I want you to make it according to the pattern, not your own way of doing it. I want you to make it according to my pattern, my design - it's always that way.
If you want to build, build according to God's pattern. If you want to build a marriage, find out what the role of a husband is, and what the role of a wife is, and embrace the pattern and learn how to make it work. Want to raise a good family? Find out the pattern for family, and begin to apply the pattern. That's how this is how you build - by discovering how God wants things built. If you want to grow your finances, study and find out finance principles in the Bible, and then put them into practice.