Arise And Build

-May 30, 2023-

Good morning, happy Tuesday,

“Now set your heart and soul to seek the Lord your God. Therefore arise and build the sanctuary of the Lord God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord and the holy articles of God into the house that is to be built for the name of the Lord.”

(1 Chronicles 22:19).

David had a burden to build the temple, but because he was a man of war, God chose his son Solomon to undertake this vast project for the Lord. David was old, yet he did everything in his power to prepare for the the building. David had it in his heart to do it, thus the Lord counted to him just as much as if had done it. He rallied all the people to support Solomon and build the temple.

Today’s wonderful verse shows that before one can serve the Lord, he or she must seek the Lord. David said, “Now set your heart and soul to seek the Lord God.” Our relationship with the Lord is more important than the work we do. Jesus said, “But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you” (Matthew 6:33).

When our hearts are right, our works will be right also. David tells the people, “arise and build the sanctuary of the Lord God.” It would take a massive effort, with many people involved. It would be magnificent, majestic, and marvelous; it would be God’s house. 1 Chronicles 22:16 says, “Of gold and silver and bronze and iron there is no limit. Arise and begin working, and the Lord is with you.” Before one can finish, one must start; and before one can start, one be prepared.

The word arise is defined as, “get or stand up.” It means to get up and get going. When we do God’s will, in God’s way, He will be with us all the day. Arising takes action, work takes action. Nehemiah said years later when after returning to the land after seventy years of Babylonian captivity, “I told them of the hand of my God which had been good upon me, and also of the king’s words that he had spoken to me. So they said, ‘Let us rise up and build.’ Then they set their hands to this good work” (Nehemiah 2:18).

They succeeded in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem in an amazing 52 days. The key is found In Nehemiah 4:6, “…for the people had a mind to work.” Ben Franklin once said, “You can do anything you set your mind to.” As believers we know we can do whatever God asks us to do. The great missionary Hudson Taylor said, “God’s work done in God’s way will never lack God’s supply.”

Have a blessed day working and building God’s plan to reach and save every man. Stay safe and healthy.

Arise and begin working for our Savior,

Dean