Sat.’s Devo - The Building of the Temple

Read: 1 Chronicles 22:1-23:32; Romans 3:9-31; Psalm 12:1-8; Proverbs 19:13-14 David declared that the threshing floor he bought from Araunah would be the setting for the Temple. That was where the curse of the plague was reversed. David called for all the foreigners living in Israel to come and do the manual labor for the Temple. He knew that Solomon was inexperienced in being over such a massive building project so he prepared everything for him ahead of time and mentored him through it. David told Solomon his dream of building the Temple and how God had told him that he would not build it because of all the blood he had shed. But, his descendant would be a man of peace and he would build it. Solomon was the one God was talking about. He told Solomon to carefully obey the Lord’s laws given through Moses and to be strong and courageous. David provided all the materials for the Temple and all the craftsmen it would take to do the task. He ordered all the leaders in Israel to assist Solomon in the project. The last thing he told Solomon was to seek the Lord with all his heart and soul and build the sanctuary so he could bring all the holy vessels of God into it to bring honor to the Lord’s name. David appointed Solomon to be the king before he died. There were 38,000 Levites to carry out all the functions of the Temple. They served as supervisors, officials and judges, gatekeepers, and musicians. The Levites came from the families of Gershon, Kohath and Merari. The Levites assisted the priests in all their duties. The priests were from the descendants of Aaron. In Romans, Paul made it clear that the law was given to show man his sin and his need for God. In his new covenant, following the law is not the requirement - following Jesus is. Putting your trust in Jesus is the way to follow the heart of the law. Every man has sinned but Jesus was the sacrifice for sin to make us right before God. We are made right with God when we put our faith in him. Faith is our fulfillment of the law. We are the temple of the Holy Spirit and just like Solomon, we are building that temple. God has prepared everything we need to build it right and for it to bring glory to his name. Lord, may we walk in faith and fulfill the law of righteousness. May we be about building your temple inside us so that you may dwell with us and bring glory to the world.