1Ki 7:1, But Solomon took thirteen years to build his own house…
Solomon built a Beautiful Temple for the LORD, and it took 7 years to complete; YET, his own home took him 13 years to build! THIS SAYS A LOT ABOUT US! WE TEND TO CONSIDER OUR COMFORT, OUR HOMES MORE THAN WE DO THE HOUSE OF GOD!
Hag 1:4-5, “IS IT TIME FOR YOU YOURSELVES TO DWELL IN YOUR PANELED HOUSES, and this TEMPLE TO LIE IN RUINS?” Now therefore, THUS SAYS THE LORD OF HOSTS: “CONSIDER YOUR WAYS!
WHEN OUR FOCUS IS ON OUR COMFORT, HE HAS HIS WAYS TO GET OUR ATTENTION!
Hag 1:6, “You have sown much, and BRING IN LITTLE; You eat, BUT DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH; You drink, but you are NOT FILLED WITH DRINK; You clothe yourselves, but NO ONE IS WARM; And he who earns wages, EARNS WAGES TO PUT INTO A BAG WITH HOLES.
1Ki 7:21, THEN HE SET UP THE PILLARS BY THE VESTIBULE OF THE TEMPLE; he set up the pillar on the RIGHT AND CALLED ITS NAME JACHIN, and he set up the pillar on THE LEFT AND CALLED ITS NAME BOAZ.
Jachin means “HE SHALL ESTABLISH” and Boaz means “IN HIM IS STRENGTH”! ONE DAY, BY HIS STRENGTH, HE WILL ESTABLISH HIS KINGDOM (2Sa 7:12), ON EARTH!
WE HAVE TO CONSIDER OUR WAYS; DO WE TEND TO FOCUS ON OUR COMFORT OR THE WORK OF GOD! HIS KINGDOM WILL COME WITH OR WITHOUT US! Mat 6:33, BUT SEEK FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND ALL THESE THINGS SHALL BE ADDED TO YOU.