120 1 Kings 006 - 007; 2 Corinthians 001
You are building the house of God. No, really, you are building the house of God. Use your sanctified imagination to try to be Solomon just for a moment. Would you be uptight, staying awake at night, bossy, praying more, prideful, defensive, impatient(7 yrs. to build),or would you be in a worshipful anticipation of seeing the glory of God? It must of been a grand time to be a part of Israelite nation. All the building, all the learning, all the excitement, and all the people seeing the vision becoming reality.
God brings the Word of God to Solomon; that the most important truth,to keep your heart right with God. The temple is a great accomplishment, but the greatest success you can have is a heart that is right with your Maker. How about you--is that your greatest desire--to have a heart that is fully serving God?
Another letter to the Corinthians, you may ask, why? I will tell you why, they were a needed group of people in a very depraved culture. This church received two long letters from Paul.
The good news for us is we can learn from their mistakes. In the opening of this letter Paul is having defend himself because he didn't come when he had promised. A group of people used that delay as a way to show that Paul is not trustworthy and therefore you cannot trust what he says about God. People!!! This is really unbelievable logic on these peoples part--excuse me there is no logic in their assessment of Paul and certainly of truth. Please notice how Paul hits back. He hits back with the truth and is not nasty but he certainly lays it out. It is okay for you defend yourself when the truth has not been spoken about you or about your ministry.
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