How often are we working to force things to happen as opposed to doing God’s Work and allowing the promises of God to be fulfilled?
“20Now the Lord has fulfilled his promise that he made. For I have risen in the place of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised, and I have built the house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.” – 1 Kings 8:20 (ESV)
Solomon is speaking here of his father David, who found favor with God. Due to this favor, David wanted to honor God by building a house for God to dwell. This was not in the plans for David and instead, building a house for God was the plan for David’s son.
David was king and therefore had the means and the right to do what was in his interest. This is where we should take note. David had the means and the right, here on earth although the right to build a house for God was not of this earth and therefor was not for him to undertake. Sure, he could have just done it and marveled at his work, but that would have been to go against God and His promise.
God’s promises for us are difficult to understand as we are not able to see the whole picture. There may be things that we would like to undertake for and in honor of God, however it may not be in our plan to do so. God has a specific plan for each of us and we should be carefully looking to know and understand that plan.
We are not to force things to happen by taking them into our own hands. We are to only be doing the work assigned to us by God. When we are focused on those things, then we are fulfilling our part of God’s plan and He will fulfill his promises in due time.
How often are we forcing things for God? When we are out working for God, are focused on the work, or the result? Are we letting God fulfill His promises, or are we taking them into our own hands?
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