“Are You Not Satisfied?“, by Rev Mike Holly
Pastor’s Message
King David and his son, Solomon, were blessed with something towards the end of David’s life: Israel found itself in relative peace with its neighbors. Wars and skirmishes were over. Solomon would be able to turn his attention to the development of the City of David, Jerusalem, and the development of a permanent Temple devoted to the worship of God.
David essentially says to the leaders of the people of God living in Jerusalem: God has blessed you. Now it is time to bless God. He instructs them to seek God by setting their minds and hearts towards Him. He asks them to invest all that they have into building this Temple.
I believe that we are all like those leaders so long ago. Yes, there is still uncertainty in our world as well as wars and rumors of wars. At the same time, we are blessed beyond imagination with information, access to clean water, healthy food, and even the ability to enjoy recreation. We are blessed. And when we are blessed, we had better seek God and invest in him lest we begin to believe that we alone are responsible for our blessings.
~Mike Holly
The Word
1 Chronicles 22:17-19
David also commanded all the leaders of Israel to help his son Solomon, saying, “Is not the Lord your God with you? Has he not given you peace on every side? For he has delivered the inhabitants of the land into my hand; and the land is subdued before the Lord and his people. Now set your mind and heart to seek the Lord your God. Go and build the sanctuary of the Lord God so that the ark of the covenant of the Lord and the holy vessels of God may be brought into a house built for the name of the Lord.”
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