1/14/2011 5:32:27 AM
SPIRITUAL DIARY
My Worship Time Focus: Promise
Bible Reading
& Meditation Reference: 1Ki. 9:1-3; 2Chron. 7:11-16
Message of the verses: “1 ¶
Now it came about when Solomon had finished building the house of the
LORD, and the king’s house, and all that Solomon desired to do, 2 that the LORD appeared to Solomon a second
time, as He had appeared to him at Gibeon. 3
The LORD said to him, "I have heard your prayer and your
supplication, which you have made before Me; I have consecrated this house
which you have built by putting My name there forever, and My eyes and My heart
will be there perpetually.”
“11 Thus Solomon finished the house of the LORD
and the king’s palace, and successfully completed all that he had planned on
doing in the house of the LORD and in his palace.
“12 ¶ Then the LORD appeared to
Solomon at night and said to him, "I have heard your prayer and have
chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice. 13 "If I shut up the heavens so that there
is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send
pestilence among My people, 14 and My
people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face
and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive
their sin and will heal their land. 15
"Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayer
offered in this place. 16 "For now
I have chosen and consecrated this house that My name may be there forever, and
My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually.”
I
would suppose that the section contains one of the most famous verses in all of
the OT, and that is 2Chron. 7:14, a verse that is quoted in many places in the
Christian faith even today. This verse
came to Solomon in a dream as the Lord came to him in that dream assuring him
that He had heard the prayer that he had just prayed and would answer that
prayer. Verse 14 is God saying that if
His people humble themselves after sinning and turn away from their wicked ways
that God would forgive their sins and would heal their land. Dr. Wiersbe points out that believers can
claim this promises today as well as the OT believers did. Perhaps Daniel had this verse in mind
whenever he was praying in chapter nine of his writings.
I
am sure that Solomon realized that God had heard his prayer, but now in God’s
graciousness He comes to Solomon in this dream to assure him that the temple
that he built would be God’s temple and God would keep His eye on His temple.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: As I was reading this section of Scripture it
came to my mind that the Lord still has His eye on the place where His temple
was built, and He still cares about that sight, and that one day soon He will
cause another temple to be built there just as the first two were built on that
same sight, the site where Abraham was to offer up his son Isaac. I am reminded of the song “Soon and Very Soon.” Soon and very soon we are going to see the
King,
My Steps of
Faith for today:
1.
Give myself to the Lord for worship and service.
2.
Trust the Lord to guide my path today.
3.
Remember that I am in a battle and in need of the
Spiritual Armor.
4.
Trust the Lord to teach me contentment even in this
job that is not what I thought it would be.
1/14/2011 5:55:28 AM
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