Read: 2 Samuel 7:1-8:18; John 14:15-31; Psalm 119:33-48; Proverbs 15:33
When David had settled into his new role of king, he got the idea of building God a house to live in. He told his prophet, Nathan, who thought it was a good idea also until God spoke to Nathan and told him else wise. God said that he had never lived in a house but had traveled with the people wherever they roamed. It wasn’t time to build a house for him, but it would be the right timing for his son. So, David continued to fight the enemies and bring the booty from their nations into the treasury so that his son could use it to build a temple for God.
This is the principle of the kingdom. We are to plunder the enemy and take his treasury to use for God’s kingdom. Everything in the earth is the Lord’s and it is all there to bring him honor and glory. Evil men have prospered and they use God’s bounty as weapons against God. God wants his people to prosper so they can give God back what is already his to use to further his kingdom. That is why we are seeing very prominent people falling and justice being served. God is restoring his treasury house so he can build his kingdom. Wealth is not only money but it is excelling in inventions, ideas, position, leadership, business, entertainment, arts, sports, education, government, etc. His people are to be the head and not the tail. They should be the leaders in all these areas on the earth for God’s glory.
In John, Jesus was talking to his disciples for the last time. He explained that the key to the kingdom which is love. If you love God, you will love Jesus and if you love Jesus you will obey anything he says to do. Jesus was leaving them, but only in the natural. He was sending them his spirit to always be with them and remind him of everything he had told them. They didn’t understand most of what Jesus had said, but when he was gone, they would understand it so much better.
We have the gift of the Holy Spirit that does the same for us. We read the Bible and don’t always remember what we have read until we are in a trial, then the words of the Bible come back to comfort us and encourage us. If we don’t hide God’s Word in our hearts, we have no library to draw from when we need it.
Lord, help us to hide your Word deep in our hearts that we won’t fall when we are being tested.
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