Tues.’s Devo - God’s Splendor

Read: 1 Kings 7:1-51, Acts 7:30-50, Ps 128:1-6, Pr. 16:31-33 It took Solomon 7 years to build the temple and 13 years to build his own palace. In his palace he had a Hall of Justice where he judged the people. Solomon hired Huram of Tyre to do his metal work. This is not the same Hiram of Tyre that supplied Solomon with cedar. I wonder if we will see a replica of Solomon’s Temple and Palace in heaven. God would not have given us such an elaborate description of Solomon’s temple if it wasn’t important. It was all to show the splendor of God. In Acts, Stephen is still giving the history of the Israelite people. He ends telling of the house Solomon built for God and says…however… the Most High does not live in houses made by men. Heaven is God’s throne, and the earth is his footstool. He asks the question: “What kind of house will you build for me?” As I think of that question I have to ask myself the same thing. If our bodies are to be the temple of the Holy Spirit then what kind of house am I building for God? In Matthew 16:18 Jesus told Peter that upon the Rock of Jesus He was going to build the church and the gates of hell would not prevail against it. He also promised to give us the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever we should bind on earth would be bound in heaven: and whatsoever we should loose on earth should be loosed in heaven. In Mark 14:58 Jesus said that this temple would not be made of hands. Solomon’s temple was made of hands and it was splendid. How much more splendid is the temple that God is building in us! Lord, today, help us to build Your kingdom.