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 1:6-7,
"Solomon went up to the bronze altar before the Lord in the tent of meeting and offered a thousand burnt offerings on it. That night God appeared to Solomon and said to him, 'Ask for whatever you want me to give you.'"
When Solomon received his wisdom (and wealth, etc.) from the Lord, it was preceded by this action of Solomon. In his position as king, he led the nation in the worship of the Lord.
This chapter tells us Solomon first "established himself firmly over his kingdom" because the Lord was "with him" and "made him exceedingly great." Verse 1. Then Solomon spoke to the whole nation, all the leaders, heads of families, judges, military commanders and led them to where the tabernacle was located in Gibeon to worship the Lord.
I find throughout the Scriptures the Lord responds to choices we make. The Scripture is very clear the blessing Solomon received of his great wisdom was that, when offered anything from the hand of God, Solomon chose to ask for an ability that would be useful and necessary to fulfill an important roll in what the Lord wanted to do through the nation of Israel. Solomon aligned himself with the Lord's agenda - rather than ask the Lord for what would be considered his own personal agenda.
Perhaps there is something here for us. We may not be kings, but the Lord is afoot these days, accomplishing his agenda of building his family through the gospel, and there are important roles we can play in what the Lord is doing today. As Solomon chose to be useful to the Lord in what the Lord was doing then, so, we too can choose to be useful to the Lord in what the Lord is doing today.
If we might not feel we are very blessed by the Lord, if we feel we lack a certain fulfillment in life, purposefulness in life, we can emulate Solomon's example. Discover in the Scriptures what the Lord is doing today and then ask him how we fit in, what can we do. Ask him to give us a part and the ability to do exceeding well in that part - and then, do it!
We can make ourselves available to the Lord just as Solomon did when he received an extraordinary blessing from the Lord.
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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"Solomon went up to the bronze altar before the Lord in the tent of meeting and offered a thousand burnt offerings on it. That night God appeared to Solomon and said to him, 'Ask for whatever you want me to give you.'"
When Solomon received his wisdom (and wealth, etc.) from the Lord, it was preceded by this action of Solomon. In his position as king, he led the nation in the worship of the Lord.
This chapter tells us Solomon first "established himself firmly over his kingdom" because the Lord was "with him" and "made him exceedingly great." Verse 1. Then Solomon spoke to the whole nation, all the leaders, heads of families, judges, military commanders and led them to where the tabernacle was located in Gibeon to worship the Lord.
I find throughout the Scriptures the Lord responds to choices we make. The Scripture is very clear the blessing Solomon received of his great wisdom was that, when offered anything from the hand of God, Solomon chose to ask for an ability that would be useful and necessary to fulfill an important roll in what the Lord wanted to do through the nation of Israel. Solomon aligned himself with the Lord's agenda - rather than ask the Lord for what would be considered his own personal agenda.
Perhaps there is something here for us. We may not be kings, but the Lord is afoot these days, accomplishing his agenda of building his family through the gospel, and there are important roles we can play in what the Lord is doing today. As Solomon chose to be useful to the Lord in what the Lord was doing then, so, we too can choose to be useful to the Lord in what the Lord is doing today.
If we might not feel we are very blessed by the Lord, if we feel we lack a certain fulfillment in life, purposefulness in life, we can emulate Solomon's example. Discover in the Scriptures what the Lord is doing today and then ask him how we fit in, what can we do. Ask him to give us a part and the ability to do exceeding well in that part - and then, do it!
We can make ourselves available to the Lord just as Solomon did when he received an extraordinary blessing from the Lord.
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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