July 3, 2026
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Reading along with us in 2 Chronicles and Luke? Here’s today’s reading:
2 Chronicles 6 (NIV)
1 Then Solomon said, “The Lord has said that he would dwell in a dark cloud; 2 I have built a magnificent temple for you, a place for you to dwell forever.”
3 While the whole assembly of Israel was standing there, the king turned around and blessed them.…..Continue Reading
Solomon blesses the temple and prays a beautiful prayer to God. The part of the prayer that was poignant to me this morning was that God makes and keeps His promises. As men, promises are not something we tend to keep. Try as we might all too often we break promises even with the best of intentions. God is not like that, when He makes a promise He keeps it. He is trustworthy, faithful, and true. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Today it was a good reminder for me that when life feels crazy or out of control it is not because God has done anything different but likely because my eyes and heart are probably not where they belong, looking to the One place I should, the One constant, the One True God!
No one and nothing compares to our God and it is amazing and an indication of His love for humanity that He would choose to dwell amongst a people. And Solomon prays that God would always be attentive to prayers directed to the temple in many of the situations the Jews could find themselves and that they did. And God is always willing to turn to the one who turns to Him and allow Himself to be found when people seek Him. May we all avoid the pitfalls of what takes us away from Him and embrace the things that direct us toward Him.
2 chronicles 6
2 Chronicles 6
Psalm 131; Daniel 7; 2 Chronicles 5-6
2 Chronicles 5 & 6
Solomon prays that prayers made towards this temple will be heard by God in heaven. It was interesting some of the themes I see. it is the condition of the heart that moves God to “hear”.
He affirms David’s heart desire to build a temple: “But the Lord said to my father David, ‘Whereas it was in your heart to build a temple for My name, you did well in that it was in your heart.”
II Chronicles 6:8 NKJV
God keeps His promises. “and he said: “Lord God of Israel, there is no God in heaven or on earth like You, who keep Your covenant and mercy with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts.”
II Chronicles 6:14 NKJV
Solomon beseeches God to forgive sin, bring retribution on the wicked, bring the people back after they have been exiled, teach the people the “good way to walk” and then send rain, hear the prayer of the individual and his personal sickness, burdens and grief, and he prays for the foreigner who comes FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR GREAT NAME “then hear from heaven Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You, that all peoples of the earth may know Your name and fear You, as do Your people Israel, and that they may know that this temple which I have built is called by Your name.”
II Chronicles 6:33 NKJV
( A little politics here, those who come should honor God and the people who fear Him), Solomon prays that God will maintain their cause (the Israelites) against their enemies. And he prays that when they sin and “come to their senses” and repent that He will grant forgiveness.
2 Chronicles 6
2 Chronicles 6