Sun.’s Devo - The Law of Life

Read: 2 Chronicles 6:12-8:10; Romans 7:14-8:8; Psalm 18:1-15; Proverbs 19:24-25
Solomon had built a bronze platform about seven and a half feet by four and a half feet and put it in the middle of the outer court where the people assembled. He stood on this small platform in the midst of the huge body of people and bowed to his knees and lifted his hands to the Lord and prayed for mercy for his nation. The jest of his prayer was that if they sinned and turned back to Him in repentance that they could pray facing this temple and God’s would forgive them and bless them. He tried to cover every scenario he could think of then he invited God to come and rest in his house they had built for him. When he finished, fire from heaven came down, consumed the burnt offering and sacrifices and the glory of the Lord filled the temple. It was so thick that the priests could not enter. All the people fell to their knees and worshiped the Lord says, “he is good; his love endures forever.”
The people brought so many sacrifices and offering to the Lord - that the bronze alter could not hold them. Solomon had to extend the feast another week to have time to sacrifice everyones’ offerings.
When it was all over and Solomon had finished the temple, his palace and everything he wanted to build, the Lord visited him at night. He told him that he had heard his prayer and that he would heal the people if they repented and turned to him. He promised that his Name, his eyes and his heart would always be in Jerusalem. He promised to bless Solomon as long as he served him with all his heart but if he turned to other gods, he would uproot Israel from the land and reject the temple and it would become a disgrace.
Romans tells us that the law is spiritual which means that it means much more than the surface. It is alive and living and has power. The law is “rules” to our sinful nature that moves in the natural and condemns us to death, but the law becomes life to our spiritual nature and gives us life. If we see the law through the blood of Jesus, then it cannot condemn us because Jesus carried all our sins: past, present, and future to the cross. They are crucified that we might walk in the same spirit Jesus did.
Lord, help us to walk in freedom from our sinful nature and the law of sin and death.