2 Chron. 2, 3 [The Message]

No expense was spared by King Solomon as he built a house for God. Endless quantities of gold, silver, brass, valuable cedar wood etc. were all amassed and assembled by the finest craftsmen available. Nothing was too good for God.

It’s still true, but the excellence God really wants is in our lives … our motives, our thoughts, our deeds, our moral conviction. Since WE are His Temple, our daily existence is the work of art He is painting. We are His masterpiece. We will live forever.

 I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving. This also shall please the Lord better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs. [Ps. 69:30,31]