Solomon builds the temple
The incredible plans to build a building that would house, in a unique way, the presence of God. Solomon charts out the course, calls other tribes, leaders, craftsman and teams together - 7 years later, whoola - the temple is complete. Seven years of hard labor, teamwork, vision as the 'day to day' operations of life continued. What captures my attention is the incredible detail of each room, the furnishings and artwork that Solomon instructed for the gifted to work on and complete. I guess anytime we set the course to build we need to prayerfully consider the following: 1) the materials, 2) the craftsman, 3) the people, 3) the detailed plan, 4) the day to day care of indivdiuals 5) the casting of vision to complete 6) the acknowledgement of "everybody" 7) the resting when finished. What are you building in your life? What spiritual project are you working on that takes this kind of detail and hard work? As Solomon was building the temple, God was continuing to build his people. As we are "temples" of His presence now, as believers in Jesus, we must also take pride in our own life, work in the details of holiness and hold to the vision that God will complete the work He has started in us. What a great encouragment, "God finishes what He starts". Pastor Jeorge
posted by Highland Pastors at
9:52 AM
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While not following along in the Life Journal program (I mention this only to point out that I may be taking the blog out of context) , Pastor Jeorge's comments here did strike a particular note with me.
When it became apparent that I was going to have to fight for Andrew's custody, my parents and my mother in particular, became extremly involved and heavily invested for multiple years. They hired the attorneys and other needed professionals, coordianted logistics, etc. During the duration my parents essentially educated themselves to a paralegal status and authored the "book" - the history of the whole ordeal. And this is a process that is still being worked out to this day. But, Andrew is here with me and Pam now and has a chance to make something of his life.
Now Pam is instrumental in designing and constructing a life for Andrew.
It is obvious to me in my narrative that the constant is a strong female leader engineering pastor's points 1-7 for both me and Andrew. And sometimes I become concerned that I have abdicated my spiritual leadership.
Nonetheless, it is because of these strong women in my life that Andrew's (and mine) "temples" are being built.
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