The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him and what came to my heart and mind in 2 Chronicles 4:1,
"He (Solomon) made a bronze altar..."
In this chapter we read that Solomon had the most amazing furnishings for the temple made. Along with the bronze altar (a structure that was 30 feet long by 30 feet wide by 15 feet tall!), he made the huge "Sea", that held 18,000 gallons of water and sat on twelve bulls. It was to be used by the priests for washing, verse 6. Basins, gold lampstands, tables, sprinkling bowls, pots, shovels, pillars with capitals, and much more.
These were all for furnishing the temple Solomon had built. He was a busy man! Not that he had done the work himself, but was certainly engaged in ways that required his devotion to it and consumed much time. Solomon had built an enormous amount to provide for those things the Lord had in mind. I don't think he had much time for TMZ or video games or those things that so many today allow their lives to be distracted by.
I think of how productive Solomon was and then I look at my own life. How productive have I been? I don't mean to imply that I have ever been destined to do anything on the order of what Solomon accomplished (to the contrary!) However, the Lord has given me 68 years so far, what have I done with it? I have 168 hours a week just as Solomon had, what have I done with all those hours?
Don't misunderstand me. I certainly do not mean to imply that entertainment and diversions are unnecessary and are wrong some how. But there is room to consider how productive I have been with my life.
Life is a treasure. How much of it will I expend on trifles? Or, as Solomon, will I be engaged in productive things that have eternal consequence?
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
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"He (Solomon) made a bronze altar..."
In this chapter we read that Solomon had the most amazing furnishings for the temple made. Along with the bronze altar (a structure that was 30 feet long by 30 feet wide by 15 feet tall!), he made the huge "Sea", that held 18,000 gallons of water and sat on twelve bulls. It was to be used by the priests for washing, verse 6. Basins, gold lampstands, tables, sprinkling bowls, pots, shovels, pillars with capitals, and much more.
These were all for furnishing the temple Solomon had built. He was a busy man! Not that he had done the work himself, but was certainly engaged in ways that required his devotion to it and consumed much time. Solomon had built an enormous amount to provide for those things the Lord had in mind. I don't think he had much time for TMZ or video games or those things that so many today allow their lives to be distracted by.
I think of how productive Solomon was and then I look at my own life. How productive have I been? I don't mean to imply that I have ever been destined to do anything on the order of what Solomon accomplished (to the contrary!) However, the Lord has given me 68 years so far, what have I done with it? I have 168 hours a week just as Solomon had, what have I done with all those hours?
Don't misunderstand me. I certainly do not mean to imply that entertainment and diversions are unnecessary and are wrong some how. But there is room to consider how productive I have been with my life.
Life is a treasure. How much of it will I expend on trifles? Or, as Solomon, will I be engaged in productive things that have eternal consequence?
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
If you have someone you would like to receive these ruminations, send me their email address. I'm happy to add them to the list. If you are receiving this and would like to be removed from the list, just respond and let me know.
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