“Know. Serve. Seek."
“Know. Serve. Seek."
Blessings folk!
Are you walking in faith?
Or, are you walking in fear?
Are you faithful?
Are you fear-filled?
Fear not!
Repeatedly the Lord tells us.
Repeatedly the Lord told His people, particularly leadership.
Look at this account…it will take us a couple of days.
The short of it is this.
David wanted to build a house unto the Lord.
The Lord told him “no”, but that he could gather material for it.
The Lord then told David that one of his sons would build it.
By the time we get to the end of the account we will see that David told the son, Solomon, to be courageous and to fear not.
Why fear in building a structure?
There will alway be those that seek to come against you.
Fear not…
1Ch 28:1-10
Now David assembled at Jerusalem all the officials of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the commanders of the divisions that served the king, and the commanders of thousands, and the commanders of hundreds, and the overseers of all the property and livestock belonging to the king and his sons, with the officials and the mighty men, even all the valiant men.
Then King David rose to his feet and said,
“Listen to me, my brethren and my people;
I had intended to build a permanent home for the ark of the covenant of the LORD and for the footstool of our God. So I had made preparations to build it.
“But God said to me,
‘You shall not build a house for My name because you are a man of war and have shed blood.’
“Yet, the LORD, the God of Israel, chose me from all the house of my father to be king over Israel forever. For He has chosen Judah to be a leader; and in the house of Judah, my father’s house, and among the sons of my father He took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel.
“Of all my sons (for the LORD has given me many sons),
He has chosen my son Solomon to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel.
“He said to me,
‘Your son Solomon is the one who shall build My house and My courts;
for I have chosen him to be a son to Me, and I will be a father to him.
‘I will establish his kingdom forever if he resolutely performs My commandments and My ordinances, as is done now.’
“So now, in the sight of all Israel, the assembly of the LORD, and in the hearing of our God, observe and seek after all the commandments of the LORD your God so that you may possess the good land and bequeath it to your sons after you forever.
“As for you, my son Solomon,
know the God of your father,
and serve Him with a whole heart and a willing mind;
for the LORD searches all hearts,
and understands every intent of the thoughts.
If you seek Him, He will let you find Him;
but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.
“Consider now, for the LORD has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary;
be courageous and act.”
Learn from this instruction to Solomon…
Know the Lord
Serve Him with a whole heart
Serve Him with a willing mind
Seek Him - He will let you find Him
Forsake Him? He will reject you forever
The Lord searches all hearts!
The Lord understands every intent of the thoughts of man.
Be courageous!
Act!
(BTW…note how David knew/knows that he would rule as king over Israel forever&hellip
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