Fully Committed Hearts
1 Kings 8:61
But your hearts must be fully committed to the LORD our God, to live by his decrees and obey his commands, as at this time."
Solomon goes on to ask that his prayer be near God, that God would uphold Israel daily--here's the important part--'so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the LORD is God and that there is no other.'
That was the plan from the beginning of Israel. If the whole world was a town, Israel was the priest.
But just as the preacher can't live any way he pleases and still show God to his community, there were conditions for Israel. Here's one. 'Hearts must be fully committed to the LORD our God.' Live and obey with all the enthusiasm they felt at that moment, standing before the newly built temple, full of the vision of God's glory.
Hard to do. But worth trying for.
But your hearts must be fully committed to the LORD our God, to live by his decrees and obey his commands, as at this time."
Solomon goes on to ask that his prayer be near God, that God would uphold Israel daily--here's the important part--'so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the LORD is God and that there is no other.'
That was the plan from the beginning of Israel. If the whole world was a town, Israel was the priest.
But just as the preacher can't live any way he pleases and still show God to his community, there were conditions for Israel. Here's one. 'Hearts must be fully committed to the LORD our God.' Live and obey with all the enthusiasm they felt at that moment, standing before the newly built temple, full of the vision of God's glory.
Hard to do. But worth trying for.
posted by ruthees @ 2:31 PM
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