Building God’s House
Key Scriptures
1 Kings 6:1 (CSB)
“In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv (which is the second month), he began to build the temple for the Lord.”
1 Kings 6:12–13 (CSB)
“As for this temple you are building—if you walk in my statutes, observe my ordinances, and keep all my commands by walking in them, I will fulfill my promise to you, which I made to your father David. I will dwell among the Israelites and not abandon my people Israel.”
1 Kings 6:22 (CSB)
“He overlaid the entire temple with gold until the entire temple was finished. He also overlaid the entire altar that belonged to the inner sanctuary with gold.”
1 Corinthians 3:16 (CSB)
“Don’t you yourselves know that you are God’s temple and that the Spirit of God lives in you?”
Reflection Questions
How do I prepare my life as a temple for God’s presence?
Do I value obedience over appearance in my walk with God?
What details in my life is God asking me to refine as an act of worship?
Am I patient enough to allow God to build in His timing, not mine?