Not the One!

1 Chronicles 17:23-24 – “ Do as you promised, so that it will be established and that your name will be great forever.”
    David had drawn up the plans. He designed the furniture. He collected the materials. He made all the arrangements; but the first temple built in Jerusalem is known as Solomon’s Temple, not David’s. For God had said, ‘You are not the one”. God had chosen David’s son Solomon to build the temple. David’s response to this denial was exemplary. He focused on what God would do, instead of what he himself could not do. David maintained a thankful spirit. He did everything he could and rallied capable men to assist Solomon in building the temple.
     Often we may have to accept that the work which we would dearly like to perform in terms of Christian service is not that for which we are best equipped, and not that to which God has in fact called us. It may be, like David’s, a preparatory work, leading to something more obviously grand and maybe for someone else to complete.
    David sought God’s glory, not his own. He faithfully did all he could for God’s temple, laying a solid foundation for the one who would come after him to complete the work. May we, likewise, accept the tasks God has chosen for us to do and serve Him with a thankful heart! Our loving God is doing something “more obviously grand.”
    Every day is a good day; it is up to us to make it a GREAT day!. Be blessed! Rev. Dr. JoAnn