- Send me also cedar, cypress, and algum timber from Lebanon, for I know that your servants know how to cut timber in Lebanon. And my servants will be with your servants…2 Chronicles 2:8 – Big things that need to be done require something very important, unity. Here Solomon is seeking to build the temple of God and a house for himself. As he states in verse 5 this project was to be great for God is great. Does he rely solely on the strength of his two hands to make it happen? No, he reaches out to the king of Tyre for help and promises to work alongside him in making the arrangements happen. Their working together made it possible to pour great things into the build of the temple and to make it how God laid out for it to be. What then is God asking of you to do? How are you relying on those around you to help do it well? With the support of others you can more easily share God’s Word with more people. With others you can move out of your depression more quickly. With others you can build your life as God has laid it out to be. Continuing to grow yourself in Christ is a big thing that will require unity with others. Find healing where it needs to be found and let in those who God says to let in. Allow the building of something great in you to begin. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 1516
- The house that I am to build will be great, for our God is greater than all gods. 6 But who is able to build him a house, since heaven, even highest heaven, cannot contain him? Who am I to build a house for him, except as a place to make offerings before him? 2 Chronicles 2:5-6 – I love the wonder and fear of God that Solomon had. Likely shaped within him from his father David, Solomon understood that while he was king of a mighty nation, God was far greater than he was. The different between Solomon and the lowest person in his kingdom didn’t even come close to matching the gap in greatness that was between Solomon and the Lord. Yet, despite such greatness of the Lord , Solomon was called to build a house worthy of this wondrous God. While Solomon understood the magnitude and impossible nature of such a task, he set out using the best of the best supplies with the best of the best workers. Can we pause now and remember where the house of the Lord is today? You. And us as the church. We see in Hebrews 3 that those who hold fast are indeed the house of God and we learn that in 1 Corinthians 3 that we are the temple of the Lord! What Solomon sought to build with the finest gold, God made within us. A home for Himself. Are we worthy of such a thing? Absolutely not, but we have still been given this great gift. As the house of the Lord, let us live holy as one should, and let’s live united as the church for we are not called to be a house divided. If the God of wonders has made His dwelling among us, let’s live in such a way that remembers who and what we are. Children of the most High God and a holy house for His Spirit. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2591
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