Read: 2 Sam. 7 & 8; 1 Chron. 17 & 18; Ps. 60
Today we see a valuable principle that we don’t hear often. David got a burden in his heart to build a temple for God to dwell in. Even Nathan thought it would be a great idea but God spoke to Nathan that night and sent him back to David with a message. He was not to build the temple; he was to prepare for the temple to be built. His job was the defeat the enemies and give his people rest. But, God would establish David’s kingdom and one of his son’s who was not even born yet would build the kingdom in David’s heart.
We all have burdens in our heart and sometimes our lives run out before our vision does. We think we didn’t accomplish all God had for us to do. Maybe, we were to birth the vision and pass it on to our sons and daughters. Maybe we are to do the spiritual warfare it will take for the next person to walk right in and start the ministry or business, whatever it is.
In his battle with the Hadadezer he confiscated large amounts of gold and bronze which would be used to build the temple. Everything David did would be used for his vision even though he was not on earth to see it come to pass. I find this very encouraging. The things we do today count for the future in ways we will never be able to see now. We are living for the next generation and better yet, we are living for eternity!
Lord, help us to be diligent about what you put in front of us to do and not worry about the things that we see that don’t happen in our time table. You are doing a greater work through us that we can see right now!
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