All for One! One for all!

1 Chronicles 29:11 Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and you are exalted as head above all.

This sounds like the end of The Lord's prayer or the doxology; "For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever, Amen." Just glad to know its context.

17 I know, my God, that you test the heart and have pleasure in uprightness. In the uprightness of my heart I have freely offered all these things, and now I have seen your people, who are present here, offering freely and joyously to you.

--There is another scripture that says God does not tempt us, James1:13, but he does test us....need to differentiate the two and know in my heart what comes from God and what is of my own making.

23 Then Solomon sat on the throne of the Lord as king in place of David his father.

--I wonder if this phrase "the throne of the Lord" is newly given or had it been established prior to this-. I know Jesus is the king descended from David to rule from this throne, but I never thought it was The Lord's throne until he sat on it. Seems like that would have been a title of only the place from which Christ would rule.

In an earlier chapter in Chronicles, (22:12) David prayed to the Lord for Solomon that he would have the wisdom to rule. And I think that is overlooked much. We often here how wise Solomon was to ask for wisdom because God blessed him abundantly for making such a honorable request, but to know David was praying that his son would know of his need for wisdom speaks volumes about the need for intercessory prayer and getting to the heart of God's will.

I think it is interesting that what I have thought to be the temple being built for God is called a lot of things but not a temple. It is a house, a holy house and a palace such as in verse 19. I think this is significant because a house is where families reside and a temple is usually something where a community joins together for an event, but it is not home.

Lest I omit what is made abundantly clear here in this reading in this chapter in Chronicles is the fact that everything we have has comes from God, and to give it to Him to serve Him and bring Him glory is a joyous and commendable action that brings blessings innumerable to countless others. May my thankfulness lead to more generosity for the blessing of others to the glory of God.