God Selects the Family of David

Acknowledging God

Follow in My Ways

There Is No God Like You

Psalm 132:8-12 Amplified Bible 

8
Arise, O Lord, to Your resting place,
You and the ark [the symbol] of Your strength.
9
Let Your priests be clothed with righteousness (right living),
And let Your godly ones shout for joy.
10
For the sake of Your servant David,
Do not turn away the face of Your anointed.
11
The Lord swore to David
A truth from which He will not turn back:
“One of your [a]descendants I will set upon your throne.
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“If your children will keep My covenant
And My testimony which I will teach them,
Their children also shall sit upon your throne forever.”

For Reflection

Solomon, perhaps the writer, invites God to rest in the Temple. Will God rest in this temple or like all other human-built edifices will the temple fall?  Instead, perhaps God sees the temple only a symbolic habitat and God rests in the meaning of the temple, obedience, and promise in the lineage of David.  The temple, like the ark, was a symbol of God's divine presence and protection. God rests in God's people.

Pray

Pray so that the temple of God resides in your soul.  Pray that God rests in you.

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