PROCLAMATION
“Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the
house of The Lord an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand
talents of silver; and of brass and iron
without weight; for it is in abundance; timber also and stones have I prepared;
and thou may add thereto.” 1 Chronicles
22:14 (KJV)
EXPLANATION
The words of First and Second Chronicles were written as one book under the influence of The Holy
Spirit of God by Ezra the scribe and priest and historical Bible scholar according
to Jewish tradition. After he had
finished building his own house, King David wanted to build a house for The
Lord, but He told him that his son would build the house of God. (1 Chronicles
17:11-12) Then, later on after winning
several wars with his enemies, David sinned against God by counting all of the
people of Israel (1 Chronicles 21:7-8) and The Lord God punished for doing so. (1
Chronicles 21:9-13) Afterwards, he
set out to gather all of the materials that his son Solomon would need to build
the house of God. (1 Chronicles 22:2-5) David
told Solomon that he had wanted to build the house of God then he charged him
to build it. (1 Chronicles 22:6-11) He
gave him some advice regarding keeping the law of God. Then told him what he had set aside for him in
preparation for his efforts in materials and workmen. (1 Chronicles 22:11-16) David also commanded all of the princes of
Israel to help Solomon build the house of God so that they could put the ark of
The Lord in that house. (1 Chronicles 22:17-19)
APPLICATION
There are times when our job is to help someone else
do their job. There is a lot of work to
be done behind the scenes in preparation for the final production. We may be a part of the supporting cast and
not be the star of the show, but our work is important and needed. “Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it
with thy might …” (Ecclesiastes 9:10) Whatever
we do, we should do our very best at it as if we are working for The Lord and
not working for man. (Colossians 3:23)
One day we will each have to give an account of our stewardship and all
of our efforts. (Romans 14:12) We may
have different gifts, talents and abilities, but we each need to use them to the
glory of God so that in the end we will hear Him say, “Well done, good and
faithful servant ...” (Matthew 25:23)
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