Worthy of our Very Best

 Scripture:

““This must be a magnificent Temple because our God is greater than all other gods.” ‭‭2 Chronicles‬ ‭2‬:‭5‬ ‭NLT‬‬

Observation:

When Solomon became king, he began the construction of what David prepared him for. He built the Temple of the Lord. As he was preparing to start, he was enlisting people to help out and told them, “This must be a magnificent Temple because our God is greater than all other gods.” His logic was, “if God is the greatest god, He deserves the greatest Temple. He built the Lord an absolutely gorgeous Temple that had no comparison in all the earth. 

Application:

Just as Solomon refused to built God a cheap temple, we should think about how we honor God. Because of all the Lord has done for us, we should offer Him our very best at all times. Sometimes our resources are limited and we don’t have much to offer the Lord, but even then, we must give Him our very best. We must always stretch ourselves in giving to the Lord. I love the cathedrals of Europe. Most of them don’t even function as churches any more, but the time, energy, and money that went into them was amazing! They gave God their very best.

Prayer:

Lord, I want to offer You the very best of my life. I don’t want to give You leftovers, but to build You a place where Your name can be honored in Loudoun County for many generations. I long to build You a church that will far outlast me. I need the resources to accomplish this task. Send people to Word of Life with the means to purchase land and build a building so we can build You something beautiful to be worshiped in for many many years to come.