You
must have the heart and revelation of God, of King David,
The
man after God's own heart.
Listen
to David's prayer at the dedication of Solomon's Temple:
David
praised the Lord in the presence of the whole assembly, saying,
'Praise
be to you, O Lord, God of our father Israel,
From
everlasting to everlasting.
Yours,
O Lord, is the greatness and the power
And
the glory and the majesty and the splendor,
For
everything in Heaven and earth is Yours.
Yours,
O Lord, is the Kingdom; You are exalted as head over ALL.
Wealth
and honor come from You; You are the ruler of ALL things.
In
Your hands are strength and power to exalt and give strength to ALL.
Now,
our God, we give You thanks, and praise Your glorious Name.
But
who am I, and who are my people,
That
we should be able to give as generously as this?
Everything
comes from You, and we have given You
Only
what comes from Your hand.
We
are aliens and strangers in Your sight, as were all our forefathers.
Our
days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.
[Our hope is in the Kingdom that
lives within us and it's external expression;
The coming Kingdom of God that does
away with the kingdom of this world
At the soon return of Christ Jesus.]
O
Lord our God, as for all this abundance that we have provided
For
building You a Temple for Your Holy Name,
It
comes from Your hand, and all of it belongs to You.
I
know, my God, that You test the heart and are pleased with integrity.
All
these things have I given willingly and with honest intent.
And
now I have seen with joy how willingly Your people
Who
are here have given to You.
O
Lord, God of our fathers Abraham, Isaac and Israel,
Keep
this desire in the hearts of Your people forever,
And
keep their hearts loyal to You.
And
give my son Solomon the wholehearted devotion
To
keep Your commands, requirements and decrees
And
to do everything to build the palatial structure for which I have
provided.'
Then
David said to the whole assembly,
'Praise
the Lord your God.'
So
they all praised the Lord, the God of their fathers;
They
bowed low and fell prostrate before the Lord and the king.
(1
Chronicles 29:10-20)
Today,
nothing has changed; the Eternal God gives each one of us
The
opportunity to serve Him wholeheartedly,
Which
is the only way He can be served.
We
must be holy as He is holy; perfect as He is perfect.
Apart
from Him we can do nothing pleasing to Him.
Everything
material that exists belongs to Him, He created it all by His Word.
However,
He gives everything that He has to those who belong to Him;
Every
material thing and everything of His Spirit; holding nothing back.
It
is all ours if we hold nothing back from Him.
If
we belong to him we are strangers and aliens in this world.
The
Kingdom we belong to is the Kingdom of God.
We
are in the world but we must not be of it.
If
we are of the world we belong, not to God,
But
to Satan the ruler of this world
And
the spirit of this world, Babylon, the mother of prostitutes
And
of the abominations of the earth.
In
spite of their good beginning,
Israel
and king Solomon did not remain faithful to God.
Today,
we have the Word of God like no other generation.
Today,
will we remain faithful to God;
Will
we love God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength
And
our neighbor as ourselves?
Will
we seek above all else the Kingdom of God and His righteousness?
Will
we lose our life to gain His? Will we be victorious?
Today,
the world is raging against God, rushing toward oblivion. (Psalm 2)
Save
yourself from this corrupt generation! (Acts 2:40)
As
God has written, so shall it be! Hallelujah! Maranatha!
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