David had it in his heart to build a temple, a dwelling place for the Lord in Jerusalem. It consumed him, but was not to be. God gave that job to his son, Solomon. When we think of both men, father and son, we hold David in higher regard because he maintained a life of integrity and a heart of devotion to the Lord for all his days. Not so with Solomon, yet he was the one God commissioned to build the temple.

It is vain to wonder why God uses somebody else to do what we think we should be doing. The main thing is to stay faithful to God on a daily basis, do all we can with every opportunity to we get to further His Kingdom, and stay close to Him in obedient prayer, relying on Christ within us to do great things.

David didn’t get to build a physical temple. He SURELY built a spiritual temple for God in his heart and daily life.

READ/HEAR: 2 Chron. 6