“The house that I am to build will be great, for our God is greater than all gods. But who is able to build him a house, since heaven, even highest heaven cannot contain him? Who am I to build a house for him except as a place to make offerings before him?” 2 Chronicles 2:5-6
The bible tells us that Solomon was the wisest person. His declaration of God’s greatness reminds me of how small I am. Who am I that God is mindful of me? That he thinks of me and loves me? There are times when His greatness is so evident in my mind and my spirit that I don’t even have words to praise him. I understand a little bit of how Solomon felt when he underwent the task to build a house for the Lord. It was a task so large that he had to recruit over 150,000 men. Even with all the help and all the money he had to build a beautiful mansion, he was still in awe of God’s greatness. He still felt unworthy and honored to build this special place. A place his father had always wanted to build.
This is inspiring to me. So often I want to do things for the Lord. I want to volunteer my time, be nicer or more loving or more gracious or more ……. You fill in the blank. I’m sure you could add a few things to that list. I want to be more and do more for the Lord. But there are never enough things I could do or be that would make the Lord any more awesome than He already is. There aren’t enough things for me to do that could come close to praising or glorifying him enough. So often, I live day to day trying to please the Lord with my flesh. If I sit down and really evaluate my motives for doing something good, there is usually some tiny little piece of my heart that is doing it for selfish or fleshly reasons. Recently, the Lord has convicted my heart in that area and I have realized I am not allowing the Spirit to lead me in ways to serve Him.
I don’t want to get so caught up in doing a good thing that I forget who I’m doing it for.
O, Lord. You are awesome. There are no words to praise you enough. There is no amount of good deeds I could do to glorify you enough. Spirit, lead me in ways I can serve you with my whole heart and convict me when my motives are selfish. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
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