Come to God. II Chronicles 6

 

II Chronicles 6 – Come to God                                                                                                                                                                   

In God’s sovereign will He chose Jerusalem to be the center and capital of this earth. It will be that someday. He chose Jerusalem for the place the temple would stand. He chose David to be the king, and now one in David’s line. The is the absolute will of God in making this choice.

God has His will for you and me. His will involves everything in your life. The great problem for you and me is to get in the will of God.

Solomon begins with thanking God because He is the Creator and because of His mercy and His faithfulness. In His grace He had moved into the heart of David, into the nation, and into the heart and life of Solomon.

The temple was to become the very center of the life of the nation Israel. When they had sinned, they were to come back to the temple. When there is a draught in the land, they were to come back to God in prayer. Whatever calamity might come to them, they were to return to the temple and pray to God. God knows us, that is the reason we need to be doing business with Him.

The temple was not only for Israel, but the whole world was also to come there. If a stranger or foreigner would come from a far country, from the end of the earth, he could meet God at the temple.

You and I are to pray because Christ shed His blood. He made peace for us by the blood of His cross, and God is prepared to extend mercy to us.

 

 

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J. Vernon McGee Commentary and Nelson’s Quick Reference Commentary.