I Chron. 22:6-10
6Then he called for his son Solomon, and charged him to build a house for the Lord God of Israel. 7And David said to Solomon: “My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build a house to the name of the Lord my God; 8but the word of the Lord came to me, saying, ‘You have shed much blood and have made great wars; you shall not build a house for My name, because you have shed much blood on the earth in My sight. 9Behold, a son shall be born to you, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies all around. His name shall beSolomon, for I will give peace and quietness to Israel in his days. 10He shall build a house for My name, and he shall be My son, and I will be his Father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.’
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I’d venture to say less than 5 percent of the people reading this devotion will know these names: Jim Covert, Mark Bortz, Jay Hilgenberg, Kurt Becker, Keith Van Horne. Are you in the 5% who knows these people?
Now If I said the name Walter Payton, that’s a different story! I bet over 50% of the people know him! Do you? Walter Payton broke Jim Brown’s all time NFL rushing record in 1984.
Guess who was preparing the way for Walter Payton play after play? His offensive line! Jim Covert, Mark Bortz, Jay Hilgenberg, Keith Van Horne. These guys were never on the cover of sports illustrated – never set any records – never got the lime light – they just kept on preparing the way. They had a team mindset!
So did king David! When God told him he would not be the one to build the temple, but rather his son would build the temple, he could have become bitter…but he didn’t! He could have said, hey, if I’m not gonna “run the ball” then I’d just rather not play! What if Walter Payton’s line had said that? What if we said that as believers? Praise God for the example of David!
-BP
I Chron 22:4-5
5Now David said, “Solomon my son is young and inexperienced, and the house to be built for the Lord must be exceedingly magnificent, famous and glorious throughout all countries. I will now make preparation for it.” So David made abundant preparations before his death.
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