David did not join in the season and his heart is captured by his surroundings. May we be at the right place at the right time with blinders on to this world of ours tugging at the skirts of our hearts.
Quicken my heart to be as swift a runner as this seasoned heart of David, the king after Your very own heart. Oh God! Change me!
" I Chronicles 22:1 shows this restored community that everything, even their failures, points them to the priority of putting Me first in their lives. My Son made that possible. He is your ticket to the party. You will enjoy that hope only in the temple." 66 LL. And where is the Temple today? I Cor. 6:19-20 says our body is the Temple of the Holy Spirit. Not our own! Bought with a price! Therefore glorify God and worship Him alone~
"When you feel empty tomorrow, when life's troubles and disappointments continue, you will be tempted to devote more energy to making your life better than to drawing closer to Me.----- [Wait! I feel awfully empty today wrestling with those who don't want to be in my presence]---- It is not easy to practice the priority of rebuilding the temple over rebuilding your life. And it's difficult even to know when you're violating it." So, what captures my energy? Am I trying to make my life better or more concerned about drawing near to God?
"Now, my son, the Lord be with you, and may you have success and build the house of the Lord your God, as he said you would. May the Lord give you discretion and understanding when he puts you in command over Israel, so that you may keep the law of the Lord your God. Then you will have success if you are careful to observe the decrees and laws that the Lord gave..." I Chron 22:11
If we set our face like a flint. If we surrender in sweat and tears. If we humble ourselves to look within. If we live in the moment not the past or future. If we abandon control and trust braving the wind. That is so many "if's" and I can't keep them all. All I can do is try to live courageous. And never let fear or discouragement define my life. Because the Lord is with us, we can build our houses and follow Him pushing through the fear and discouragement.
No big people and no little people in His Kingdom. Keep the charge this day, no matter where you are. David kept on building the temple. Keep on keeping on building this temple in which we live---to our dying day. For etched in David's mind was I Chronicles 22:19: Set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God. Arise and Build.
You will receive power. Acts 1:8
It is a specific energy only from God.
For time and eternity.
We are made new in strength.
"This energy would be given in such times and seasons, and in such measures, as should appear best to the infinite wisdom of God." John Gill
It is Enough in this life that God has spoken to me through His Word.
It is Enough in this life that God has given to me the strength to live what He has brought my way. I would not have made it otherwise.
It is Enough in this life that God has given me power to be His Witness. "It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by His own authority." Acts 1:7 Then and Now. We are to live what is before us. When trifling about how life has left me lonely and empty, Look to the Northern Sky. He is coming Again.
PHOTO: The Gulf of America where I've dropped a few tears and longed to draw closer to Him.
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