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Introduction
Good morning and welcome!
This morning we are going to be looking back into the Old Testament into a passage about King David and his son Solomon, who would later become the King.
If you would like to start looking, we are going to be in and in a moment I am going to be reading from verses 9-10.
Again, that is .
As we get into the passage we are going to see that it deals a great deal with the subject of motivation and what is behind our motivation.
And the key point is purity in our motivation.
Have you ever been around someone who is completely motivated by self?
Their entire way of living is 100% motivated by a self-serving attitude, and they will do whatever it takes or step on whoever they can to get their way.
They will smooth-talk and manipulate you to death, just to get their way.
A lot of times we don’t think about it, but we also have a habit of doing that to God as well.
Instead of being submissive before God and responding to God’s direction, we instead try to manipulate God into giving us what we want.
Many times we act like kids who will “behave” until we get what we want and then we go back to the same old bad behavior.
The only problem though is that this doesn’t fly with God.
How can you manipulate the One who knows all things?
Of course you cannot, but we still try.
This morning though we are going to get a small glimpse of what God really expects of us.
And it comes through an event involving David and Solomon.
So, if you have found in your Bible, I’d invite you to stand with me if you are able, and ask yourself, What’s My Angle with God this morning?
The Bible records this . . .
Scripture Focus
Background Information
Man, you talk about someone receiving their calling.
This is exactly what is going on here with Solomon and David.
David is charging his son to accept the calling that God has placed on his life.
And that calling is building the Temple of God, the resting place of the Ark of the Covenant.
Because what had been going on until this point is that the Ark had been kept in the tabernacle, which in essence as a tent.
But the time had come for the Ark to have a permanent structure to dwell in.
And this structure was to be the Temple of God.
Which also signifies God telling the people that the building of the Temple that “this is your permanent home.
This is the Promised Land that I told you about.
This is it.”
No more wandering like nomads, you are home!
So, this would be a time of celebration and great joy for the people, but they had a problem.
The King couldn’t build the Temple for them.
In the beginning of the chapter David explains to the people . . .
1 Chronicles 28:
So, even though David was chosen by God to be the King of Israel, he was not qualified to build the Temple there.
And to be honest, he was not qualified because that was not his role.
God chose David for a specific reason and for a specific season.
The reason David was chosen was because David was a great warrior, even though when God chose him, no one else knew it.
David’s role was to secure the Kingdom in this time of great turmoil, and the only way that was going to be possible was through force.
And even though David didn’t always do things right and had to repent of things from time to time, ultimately David stayed true to God and did what God called him to do.
The Kingdom was now secure and they were now coming to a point when it was time to take the next step, but they had the wrong leader in order to take that step.
That step was building God’s Temple for the Ark to rest in.
After all the years of war, it was now time for peace.
Peace that the Temple would be a symbol of.
But something that David couldn’t give them.
A man of war could not build them the symbol of peace.
But God was going to provide them a way though . . .
And the reason God chose Solomon was because Solomon would grow to be a man of wisdom and a man of peace.
Solomon would not only preside over the building of the Temple, but under Solomon’s rule, Israel would prosper and do well.
Because Solomon would step into the role that God had given him as well.
But before Solomon could even step into that role, God had to first lay some groundwork in Solomon’s life as well.
Which is what we read about next . . .
The Charge
1 Chronicles 28:8-
So, David pretty well lays it out for Solomon.
If you want a visual picture of what is going on here, imagine this great assembly of people and David brings Solomon up in front of them all and tells him . . .
Be careful to follow all the commands of the Lord your God that you may possess this good land and pass it on as an inheritance to your descendants forever . . .
Now, I also want to be clear about something else here.
Even though David is delivering this charge to Solomon, he is also charging all the people with the same thing.
Solomon was to be their leader and their example, but God’s expectations was for them to live the same way.
And even though the times have changed, God’s expectations for his people have not.
God still expects his people to follow all the commands of the Lord your God!
And even though the inheritance is not the nation of Israel, there is an inheritance for all those who are faithful to God.
And that inheritance is eternal life.
But it is only available to those who are true to God and faithful to God.
So, we really need to ask ourselves this morning, are we following the commands of the Lord our God?
Are we being true to God?
Are we be faithful to God?
Or, are we playing into this mindset of manipulating God?
So, that was the first thing that David tells Solomon, then he takes it a step further . . .
1 Chronicles 28:9
Now, there are several things packed into this one verse of Scripture here, so let’s break them down a bit.
Acknowledge the God your Father
Serve Him with wholehearted devotion
Serve Him with a willing mind
If you seek Him, He will be found by you.
And these four things are not intended just for Solomon, they are not intended just for Israel.
These four things are intended for ALL who call themselves Christians as well.
If we are going to say that Jesus is our Savior, that God is our Father, that the Holy Spirit our Counselor, then these four things are essential.
We have to . . .
Acknowledge God as our Father
Serve Him with wholehearted devotion
Serve Him with a willing mind
And seek Him out.
Are we doing that this morning?
Can we say that we are acknowledging God as our Father?
-Most of us would probably say yes.
However, can we say that we serve Him with wholehearted devotion?
-Getting a little tougher here.
How about serving Him with a willing mind?
This means we are willing to learn and most importantly, willing to submit.
How are we doing in that area?
And the last one is seeking Him out.
Do we seek opportunities to serve God? Do we seek out God’s will and God’s plan?
Or, do we wait around expecting God to come looking for us and dropping everything in our laps?
Manipulating God
See, we may say that we do those things I talked about, but are we sure?
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