Thoughts from my personal time with God.
Solomon, the son of King David, took firm control of the kingdom of Israel, and the Lord his God blessed him and made him very powerful.
Oh, that you would be with me and that it would show, Lord.
The bronze altar which had been made by Bezalel, the son of Uri and grandson of Hur…
What history (Exodus 31:1-3)!…
2 Chronicles 1:1 – 17 Read More »
David stood before them and addressed them: “My friends, listen to me. I wanted to build a permanent home for the Covenant Box, the footstool of the Lord our God. I have made preparations for building a temple to honor him…”
The purpose of the temple was to worship God – but that changed (John 4:21-23). Do lead me into proper worship, Holy Spirit.…
1 Chronicles 28:1 – 29:30 // Read More »
…may the Lord your God be with you, and may he keep his promise to make you successful… may the Lord your God give you insight and wisdom… Be determined and confident, and don’t let anything make you afraid.
Please give me insight and wisdom, Father. May I be determined and confident, and may you ever be with me (Joshua 1:5-9).…
1 Chronicles 22:6 – 27:34 Read More »
The angel of the Lord told Gad to command David to go and build an altar to the Lord at Araunah’s threshing place. David obeyed the Lord’s command and went, as Gad had told him to.
These formalities must be respected (2 Kings 5:13-14).
…There at the threshing place Araunah and his four sons were threshing wheat, and when they saw the angel, the sons ran and hid.
1 Chronicles 21:18 – 22:5 Read More »
Satan wanted to bring trouble on the people of Israel, so he made David decide to take a census.
It was the Lord in 2 Samuel 24:1. In reality, it was probably both (Job 1:6-12). In any event, appearances are deceiving.
…Joab… reported to King David the total number of men capable of military service: 1,100,000 in Israel and 470,000 in Judah.
1 Chronicles 20:2 – 21:17 Read More »
…King Hanun and the Ammonites realized that they had made David their enemy, so they paid nearly forty tons of silver to hire chariots and charioteers from Upper Mesopotamia and from the Syrian states of Maacah and Zobah. The thirty-two thousand chariots they hired and the army of the king of Maacah came and camped near Medeba. The Ammonites too came out from all their cities and got ready to fight.
1 Chronicles 19 – 20:1 Read More »
…King David went into the Tent of the Lord’s presence, sat down, and prayed, “I am not worthy of what you have already done for me, Lord God, nor is my family. Yet now you are doing even more…
Thank you, Father, for the life you’ve given me and all the many blessings bestowed. You do more for us than we can ask or think (Ephesians 3:20).…
1 Chronicles 17:16 – 19:5 Read More »
King David was now living in his palace. One day he sent for the prophet Nathan and said to him, “Here I am living in a house built of cedar, but the Lord’s Covenant Box is kept in a tent!”
Nathan answered, “Do whatever you have in mind, because God is with you.”
The prophet Nathan and David were living Romans 12:2.…
1 Chronicles 17:1-15 Read More »
They took the Covenant Box to the tent which David had prepared for it and put it inside. Then they offered sacrifices and fellowship offerings to God.
Much humbler than Solomon consecrating the temple (1 Kings 8:10-11) but much more in line with the lives we are to live (Hebrews 11:8-10).
…It was then that David first gave Asaph and the other Levites the responsibility for singing praises to the Lord.
1 Chronicles 16:1-43 Read More »
…Soon the Philistines returned to the valley and started plundering it again. Once more David consulted God, who answered, “Don’t attack them from here, but go around and get ready to attack them from the other side, near the balsam trees. When you hear the sound of marching in the treetops, then attack, because I will be marching ahead of you to defeat the Philistine army.”
1 Chronicles 14:13 – 15:29 Read More »