How would you feel if you created a plan to do something grand for the Lord and then found out by a prophet of God that He did not need you to build it because it was already done?
Would you feel small and insignificant? Would the chastisement of your great plans to build a house for God cause your countenance to crumble and fall down? Would you fall to your knees and give glory to God because He alone is faithful, powerful, sovereign and provides ALL sufficiency? This is the scenario of King David when he wanted to build a temple to show his adoration for God. The scripture says, “After King David settled into his palace and the Lord had given him rest from all his enemies around him, he said to the prophet Nathan: “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent.” And Nathan replied to the king, “Go and do all that is in your heart, for the Lord is with you.” David wanted to use creation to build God a palace to live in. He wanted to create a magnificent house of adoration for God to rest in. This was an overflow - from his heart for God. But that night the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying, “Go and tell My servant David that this is what the Lord says: “Are you the one to build for Me a house to dwell in? For I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought the Israelites up out of Egypt until this day, but I have moved about with a tent as My dwelling.” “In all My journeys with all the Israelites, have I ever asked any of the leaders I appointed to shepherd My people Israel, ‘Why haven’t you built Me a house of cedar? “Now I will make for you a name like the greatest in the land. And I will provide a place for My people Israel and will plant them so that they may dwell in a place of their own and be disturbed no more.” “The Lord declares to you that He Himself will establish a house for you. And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.” “He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. I will be his Father, and he will be My son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men.” These words of God can be found in the 7th Chapter of 2 Samuel. You see, the Lord never asked David for a temple, but he allowed David to make it because it was an overflow of David’s heart. David loved God, so his desire was to honor the Lord by building Him a temple to live in. But the Lord did not need it. He allowed it as a way to show His love for David, and His love for Israel. But God never asked for it - He was already with them and He moved all around them. God was the One who showed them where to go! God is the Creator of the whole universe! Nothing can contain Him! We do not harness God, nor should we try to control. He decides where He wants to go. Now, God has given us free will - the freedom to choose to love God or not - the freedom to have a healthy fear of the Lord. Those who receive God’s Holy Spirit have been predestined to live in the City of God. They become rocks that are built on the foundation of the 12 Apostles. The Holy Spirit is all around! We must get out of the mindset that we alone carry the glory of God! The truth is - all of creation was made for God’s glory. Everything in creation declares His praise. If a human being is not willing to cry out, then Jesus said that the rocks will give Him praise! You see, in the New Jerusalem, the temple of God does not exist because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. God cannot be contained. The Holy City has no need of sun or moon because the glory of God illuminates it, and the Lamb of God is its lamp. These words can be found in Revelation 21. I encourage you to go and read them and let the knowledge and love of Jesus come into your heart. Do not be afraid of today’s false teachers and prophets who, in their foolish minds, “take control of God and demand that God does it.” They do not control God. That is an illusion. It’s vain imagination. God is sovereign. His Spirit can be found anywhere. Call out to Him. He is looking for His children. He leaves the 99 to find the one lost sheep who is eager to know Him. God searches the human heart. The physical temple was thought up by David and built by Solomon as an overflow of their love for God.
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