Today’s Thought “Leadership: Setting the Example” G. Ward

1 Kings 8

^61 “Your hearts therefore shall be wholly devoted to the Lord our God, to walk in His statutes and to keep His commandments, as at this day.”

 

King Solomon would preface this compelling to God’s people with great prayer unto every inevitability his countrymen would face (good and bad), calling them to recognize the Lord’s unwavering faithfulness. His audience had just witnessed a return of the ark of the covenant to its permanent house – the Temple (completed under Solomon’s reign) and whereas great joy would permeate the land, Solomon called for absolute recall of the Almighty’s vigilance towards HIS own – demanding a reciprocal gratitude onto faithfulness.

A believer’s existence, is often without contemplation in how someone may have prayed for them similarly and whereas our gratitude cannot exist without devotion to our Lord’s plan, we maintain – use us Mighty God!