I Chronicles 29:20-30
Pastor Lee:
This passage gives a wonderful picture of what happens in the life of someone who obeys and honors the Lord. Look at all of the positive words. The people rejoiced, they were glad, they worshiped, they honored God. All of these wonderful things came about because of the sacrifice and obedience of one man. David. Think about what God did through David, and what He could do through you, if you simply obey and honor the plan that God has for your life.
20 And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the LORD your God. And all the congregation blessed the LORD God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshipped the LORD, and the king.
21 And they sacrificed sacrifices unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings unto the LORD, on the morrow after that day, even a thousand bullocks, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, with their drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel:
22 And did eat and drink before the LORD on that day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointed him unto the LORD to be the chief governor, and Zadok to be priest.
23 Then Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him.
24 And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king.
25 And the LORD magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel.
26 Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel.
27 And the time that he reigned over Israel was forty years; seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.
28 And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honour: and Solomon his son reigned in his stead.
29 Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer,
30 With all his reign and his might, and the times that went over him, and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the countries.
FRIDAY, March 21st, 2008
I Chronicles 29:10-19
Pastor Lee:
What a prayer! David blessed the Lord with a prayer. The prayer goes on from verse 10 - 19 and we see David begins by talking about Gods amazing attributes! David says that God is a God of power, glory, victory, majesty, riches, honour, and authority. Then David says because of the way you used all of those things to rule over us. We Thank You! I tell you what, When we allow Satan to lead our path, we choose the path to defeat. God leads the only path to victory.
We wee in the red writing that David says, God we are not great for giving you all our things. You, God are great, because unless you gave those things to us in the first place, we would have never had them to begin with. We must understand that anything we have is not ours, but God lets us use it, to glorify him with it! (once again, our time, talents, treasure...)
Finally, I love the prayer in verse 19. David is praying for his son. Maybe your father is great maybe he is not, but regardless, you can be a great father when the time comes: Just like David was. I definitely want to pray this prayer for Will. God, give will a heart for you, help him to love and obey you and help him continue in the path that I have begun to lead him in. A path towards you.
What do you guys think?
10 Wherefore David blessed the LORD before all the congregation: and David said, Blessed be thou, LORD God of Israel our father, for ever and ever.
11 Thine, O LORD is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all.
12 Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.
13 Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name.
14 But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.
15 For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.
16 O LORD our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee an house for thine holy name cometh of thine hand, and is all thine own.
17 I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.
18 O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee:
19 And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for the which I have made provision.
Pastor Lee:
What a prayer! David blessed the Lord with a prayer. The prayer goes on from verse 10 - 19 and we see David begins by talking about Gods amazing attributes! David says that God is a God of power, glory, victory, majesty, riches, honour, and authority. Then David says because of the way you used all of those things to rule over us. We Thank You! I tell you what, When we allow Satan to lead our path, we choose the path to defeat. God leads the only path to victory.
We wee in the red writing that David says, God we are not great for giving you all our things. You, God are great, because unless you gave those things to us in the first place, we would have never had them to begin with. We must understand that anything we have is not ours, but God lets us use it, to glorify him with it! (once again, our time, talents, treasure...)
Finally, I love the prayer in verse 19. David is praying for his son. Maybe your father is great maybe he is not, but regardless, you can be a great father when the time comes: Just like David was. I definitely want to pray this prayer for Will. God, give will a heart for you, help him to love and obey you and help him continue in the path that I have begun to lead him in. A path towards you.
What do you guys think?
10 Wherefore David blessed the LORD before all the congregation: and David said, Blessed be thou, LORD God of Israel our father, for ever and ever.
11 Thine, O LORD is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all.
12 Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.
13 Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name.
14 But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.
15 For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.
16 O LORD our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee an house for thine holy name cometh of thine hand, and is all thine own.
17 I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.
18 O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee:
19 And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for the which I have made provision.
THURSDAY, March 20th, 2008
I Chronicles 28:20-29:9
Pastor Lee:
This passage continues to talk about how David planned ahead to help his son, Solomon, build the Temple. In the beginning, David is encouraging Solomon, by telling him, dont fear, trust God, God will never fail you or leave you. God is faithful. I think it is so great to see a parent pushing their child toward the Lord. If your parent is like that, YOU ARE BLESSED! If your parents are not like that, maybe you can push them toward growing in the Lord.
The remainder of this passage is David talking about all the things that have been collected to build this temple. David says in verse 3: I gave all this stuff from my own collection. And Then He challenges the people: What will you give to the Lord.
We are challenged in the same way. What Will YOU give to the Lord? Your time? Your Money? Your Talents? Your Pride? Take what God has blessed you with and offer it back to him as a sacrifice!
Say a Prayer for Rachel Today as she is still in the hospital!
20 And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, even my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the LORD.
21 And, behold, the courses of the priests and the Levites, even they shall be with thee for all the service of the house of God: and there shall be with thee for all manner of workmanship every willing skilful man, for any manner of service: also the princes and all the people will be wholly at thy commandment.
1 Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.
2 Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for things to be made of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and the brass for things of brass, the iron for things of iron, and wood for things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set, glistering stones, and of divers colours, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.
3 Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house.
4 Even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses withal:
5 The gold for things of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and for all manner of work to be made by the hands of artificers. And who then is willing to consecrate his service this day unto the LORD?
6 Then the chief of the fathers and princes of the tribes of Israel and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the rulers of the king's work, offered willingly,
7 And gave for the service of the house of God of gold five thousand talents and ten thousand drams, and of silver ten thousand talents, and of brass eighteen thousand talents, and one hundred thousand talents of iron.
8 And they with whom precious stones were found gave them to the treasure of the house of the LORD, by the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite.
9 Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with perfect heart they offered willingly to the LORD: and David the king also rejoiced with great joy.
Pastor Lee:
This passage continues to talk about how David planned ahead to help his son, Solomon, build the Temple. In the beginning, David is encouraging Solomon, by telling him, dont fear, trust God, God will never fail you or leave you. God is faithful. I think it is so great to see a parent pushing their child toward the Lord. If your parent is like that, YOU ARE BLESSED! If your parents are not like that, maybe you can push them toward growing in the Lord.
The remainder of this passage is David talking about all the things that have been collected to build this temple. David says in verse 3: I gave all this stuff from my own collection. And Then He challenges the people: What will you give to the Lord.
We are challenged in the same way. What Will YOU give to the Lord? Your time? Your Money? Your Talents? Your Pride? Take what God has blessed you with and offer it back to him as a sacrifice!
Say a Prayer for Rachel Today as she is still in the hospital!
20 And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, even my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the LORD.
21 And, behold, the courses of the priests and the Levites, even they shall be with thee for all the service of the house of God: and there shall be with thee for all manner of workmanship every willing skilful man, for any manner of service: also the princes and all the people will be wholly at thy commandment.
1 Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.
2 Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for things to be made of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and the brass for things of brass, the iron for things of iron, and wood for things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set, glistering stones, and of divers colours, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.
3 Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house.
4 Even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses withal:
5 The gold for things of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and for all manner of work to be made by the hands of artificers. And who then is willing to consecrate his service this day unto the LORD?
6 Then the chief of the fathers and princes of the tribes of Israel and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the rulers of the king's work, offered willingly,
7 And gave for the service of the house of God of gold five thousand talents and ten thousand drams, and of silver ten thousand talents, and of brass eighteen thousand talents, and one hundred thousand talents of iron.
8 And they with whom precious stones were found gave them to the treasure of the house of the LORD, by the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite.
9 Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with perfect heart they offered willingly to the LORD: and David the king also rejoiced with great joy.
TUESDAY, March 18th, 2008
I Chronicles 22:11-19
Pastor Lee:
Wow, what a great man David was. I think that there are once again, several principles in this passage that we must learn from. First of all you see Davids heart, even though he cannot build the Temple of God, he is still DILIGENTLY pursuing the project in a new way. He has such a "go getter" attitude, that he is willing to help his son build this temple many years before the project ever begins. Whats the point? We need to be diligent about God, serving him, worshiping him, loving him, living for him. Lets do it with all of our heart.
The last verse says: "Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God." This is a must for every child of God. We must set our hearts and our souls on seeking God.
We seek God by looking for Him in His word.
Seek God with all your heart!
11 Now, my son, the LORD be with thee; and prosper thou, and build the house of the LORD thy God, as he hath said of thee.
12 Only the LORD give thee wisdom and understanding, and give thee charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the LORD thy God.
13 Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the statutes and judgments which the LORD charged Moses with concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed.
14 Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the LORD an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver; and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and thou mayest add thereto.
15 Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and workers of stone and timber, and all manner of cunning men for every manner of work.
16 Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise therefore, and be doing, and the LORD be with thee.
17 David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying,
18 Is not the LORD your God with you? and hath he not given you rest on every side? for he hath given the inhabitants of the land into mine hand; and the land is subdued before the LORD, and before his people.
19 Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the LORD.
Pastor Lee:
Wow, what a great man David was. I think that there are once again, several principles in this passage that we must learn from. First of all you see Davids heart, even though he cannot build the Temple of God, he is still DILIGENTLY pursuing the project in a new way. He has such a "go getter" attitude, that he is willing to help his son build this temple many years before the project ever begins. Whats the point? We need to be diligent about God, serving him, worshiping him, loving him, living for him. Lets do it with all of our heart.
The last verse says: "Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God." This is a must for every child of God. We must set our hearts and our souls on seeking God.
We seek God by looking for Him in His word.
Seek God with all your heart!
11 Now, my son, the LORD be with thee; and prosper thou, and build the house of the LORD thy God, as he hath said of thee.
12 Only the LORD give thee wisdom and understanding, and give thee charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the LORD thy God.
13 Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the statutes and judgments which the LORD charged Moses with concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed.
14 Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the LORD an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver; and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and thou mayest add thereto.
15 Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and workers of stone and timber, and all manner of cunning men for every manner of work.
16 Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise therefore, and be doing, and the LORD be with thee.
17 David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying,
18 Is not the LORD your God with you? and hath he not given you rest on every side? for he hath given the inhabitants of the land into mine hand; and the land is subdued before the LORD, and before his people.
19 Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the LORD.
MONDAY, March 17th, 2008
Thank you for being patient! Please continue to be faithful with your devotions! I have been doing them, I just was not able to post them because I was in the hospital from thursday until Yesterday morning. I cannot wait for each of you to see Will, If you would like to come over and visit give me a call.
Let me tell you about him before We do these devotions. Will Ethan Tomlin was born Thursday at 2:20pm and he weighed 8lbs. and 14 ounces. He was 21 inches long, and all the nurses could not stop talking about Will for our hospital stay. It was lots of fun! (Except for the lack of sleep part). I already have many hilarious stories that I cannot wait to share about little Will. Like I said on Sunday, I am in love with new son of mine, Will. I call him "God's Will" for my life! If you want to pay us a visit at home, give me a call and we will let you know when to come by! Thanks
I Chronicles 22:1-10
Pastor Lee:
What a cool passage! I can find a whole bunch of applications for me, I will share my thoughts first then try to apply it generally after that. David was a man after Gods own heart, and He wanted to do GREAT things for God, and he did! However when he wanted to build a temple for God, God said "David, I want your son to do that". The cool part about Davids response is that He did not get upset, but He said, "well, then I am going to get things ready so that when my son builds your temple, it will be much easier for him.
David helped to set his son, Solomon, up for success in Gods plan for his life. As a parent, that is my job as well, God has called me to do some great things, but I believe He also will call my son, Will, to do great things, and I, the father need to help and train Will to follow Gods plan.
This applies to you as well, (even if you dont have kids). God calls each of us to a different path. We must seek to follow that path for our life, while encouraging the people around us to follow God as well. The passage says that David prepared abundantly before his death. What are you planning abundantly for? Are you abundantly chasing Gods plan, our your own plan?
What else did you get from this?
1 Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.
2 And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.
3 And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight;
4 Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought much cedar wood to David.
5 And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be builded for the LORD must be exceeding magnifical, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore now make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.
6 Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build an house for the LORD God of Israel.
7 And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God:
8 But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build an house unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight.
9 Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days.
10 He shall build an house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever.
Let me tell you about him before We do these devotions. Will Ethan Tomlin was born Thursday at 2:20pm and he weighed 8lbs. and 14 ounces. He was 21 inches long, and all the nurses could not stop talking about Will for our hospital stay. It was lots of fun! (Except for the lack of sleep part). I already have many hilarious stories that I cannot wait to share about little Will. Like I said on Sunday, I am in love with new son of mine, Will. I call him "God's Will" for my life! If you want to pay us a visit at home, give me a call and we will let you know when to come by! Thanks
I Chronicles 22:1-10
Pastor Lee:
What a cool passage! I can find a whole bunch of applications for me, I will share my thoughts first then try to apply it generally after that. David was a man after Gods own heart, and He wanted to do GREAT things for God, and he did! However when he wanted to build a temple for God, God said "David, I want your son to do that". The cool part about Davids response is that He did not get upset, but He said, "well, then I am going to get things ready so that when my son builds your temple, it will be much easier for him.
David helped to set his son, Solomon, up for success in Gods plan for his life. As a parent, that is my job as well, God has called me to do some great things, but I believe He also will call my son, Will, to do great things, and I, the father need to help and train Will to follow Gods plan.
This applies to you as well, (even if you dont have kids). God calls each of us to a different path. We must seek to follow that path for our life, while encouraging the people around us to follow God as well. The passage says that David prepared abundantly before his death. What are you planning abundantly for? Are you abundantly chasing Gods plan, our your own plan?
What else did you get from this?
1 Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.
2 And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.
3 And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight;
4 Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought much cedar wood to David.
5 And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be builded for the LORD must be exceeding magnifical, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore now make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.
6 Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build an house for the LORD God of Israel.
7 And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God:
8 But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build an house unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight.
9 Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days.
10 He shall build an house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever.
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