1 Chronicles 22:18-19 (NIV)
“He said to them, "Is not the LORD your God with you? And has he not granted you rest on every side? For he has handed the inhabitants of the land over to me, and the land is subject to the LORD and to his people. Now devote your heart and soul to seeking the LORD your God. Begin to build the sanctuary of the LORD God, so that you may bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD and the sacred articles belonging to God into the temple that will be built for the Name of the LORD."
What an admirable way to close a chapter. One of the advantages of aging, getting on in life, is the ability to look back; to see how far we have come. It is also a blessing to look back and recognize the hand of God guiding, shielding and encouraging, our journey.
“Is not the LORD your God with you?” This is the question to ask ourselves when doubt and fear assail us. Looking back, consider who got us out of our messes, who healed our self-inflicted wounds, who cared so much for us that He brought us through all adversity? David knew the God he served. Do we? There is only one way to get to know Him, to understand and love Him with all our hearts – we must pursue Him. “Now devote your heart and soul to seeking the LORD your God.”
David’s parting words to his people and to his son are words for our ears too.
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2 comments:
This chapter and related passages also show how God can continue to use someone after he has sinned.
The matters described in this chapter occur after David’s sin with Bathsheba, and after other significant sin on his part. See, 2 Samuel 12:24 and 1 Chronicles 21. But God still uses David mightily, both to set up the construction of the temple and to get Solomon started on the road to leadership.
So how does that happen, how is the relationship between David and God healed after David’s sins? First, David acknowledged the sins and his individualized responsibility. 2 Samuel 12:13, 1 Chronicles 21:17. Second, David what he could to correct, clean up, the messes he caused. 2 Samuel 12:15-23, 1 Chronicles 21:22-24.
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