Day 80: 2 Chronicles 6-9
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! I hope you are enjoying time with your family and loved ones. Times like this make me especially thankful for the important things: being around loved ones, good health, good jobs, healthy children, and the love of God. It's nice to reflect on all the things for which we have to be thankful.
When Solomon dedicates the temple to the Lord, He does so with a beautiful prayer. First, he praises God for his faithfulness and then he asks God to continue to remain faithful to the generations to come after David. And he also does something very specific: he connects God to the temple by asking God to remember this place and to answer the prayers of those who pray in this place and towards this place. He wants God to hear their prayers and forgive them. And then at the very end of the prayer, Solomon says to God, "Now arise, Lord God, and come to your resting place."
What a beautiful way to dedicate a building that is going to be used for the Lord.
And when Solomon finished praying, fire came down and the glory of the Lord filled the temple. And then all the people gave thanks, saying, "He is good; his love endures forever."
Today, let's all pray the same prayer: "The Lord is good; his love endures forever." Happy Thanksgiving.
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