We’ve just read in chapter 6 how Solomon spared no expense in building a house for “The Name.” Now we see no expense spared in building a house for himself. “Costly stones” seems to be the theme of the construction. A huge thirteen year project costing in the tens of millions of today’s dollars. But there is a life lesson here we shouldn’t miss.
Solomon strove for excellence, both for God and himself.
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We’re always trying to determine what counts and what doesn’t. It isn’t big enough or important enough, it’s not the right colour or fit. It wasn’t in time. It’s always about measuring up to some standard or using ‘the count’ to demonstrate where we are in the so called pecking order.
But Christ introduces a new measurement standard in the New Testament.
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Read Reflect Before writing this letter, Paul had spent at least a year and a half among the Corinthians, founding the church there. For part of that time, he paid his way by making tents – hard, tedious work for a man who had once been a prominent lawyer. He likely endured threats; he was […]
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