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| “…acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches every heart and understands every desire and every thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you;…” |
| —1 Chronicles 28:9: |
When a father passes on the responsibility of running the company business to a son, it is a momentous occasion. This is all the more true when that company business is serving as king over a kingdom.
King David took the responsibility of handing the torch of power to his son, Solomon, very seriously. David recognized that Solomon had to come to grips with the fact that without the hand of God on his side, Solomon would fail and do great harm to the Kingdom of Israel.
Notice the charge that David gives his son, Solomon, as recorded in 1 Chronicles 28:8-10:
“So now I charge you in the sight of all Israel and of the assembly of the Lord, and in the hearing of our God: 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.
“And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the Lord searches every heart and understands every desire and every thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will reject you forever. Consider now, for the Lord has chosen you to build a house as the sanctuary. Be strong and do the work.”
We may not think of ourselves as sons of a king. But, in a very real sense, we are sons of the most high God. He has chosen us to belong to Himself. He has redeemed us from our sins through the shed blood of His precious Son, Jesus. And, God has passed the ambassadorial torch to us in our role as His servants and representatives to a troubled and needy world.
It is fitting, therefore, that we take the words of King David’s charge to his son, Solomon, very seriously. Like Solomon, we have been chosen to advance the Kingdom of God here on earth through the testimony we give of what Jesus means to us and how graciously and kindly God has treated us, as His dearly loved children.
This new day, let’s grab onto this charge with great joy and with determination to do all that we can do to devote ourselves to serving our Father—The King Over All—and representing Him well to all who cross the pathway of our lives.
