A Heart To Build God’s House

A Heart To Build God’s House
Selected Scriptures

1. We take initiative to build God’s house by serving
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A heart for God’s house doesn’t sit still—it starts serving.
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1 Chronicles 22:7–10 (NIV)
7 David said to Solomon: “My son, I had it in my heart to build a house for the Name of the Lord my God.
8 But this word of the Lord came to me: ‘You have shed much blood and have fought many wars. You are not to build a house for my Name, because you have shed much blood on the earth in my sight.
9 But you will have a son who will be a man of peace and rest, and I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side. His name will be Solomon, and I will grant Israel peace and quiet during his reign.
10 He is the one who will build a house for my Name.”
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2 Samuel 7:1–2 (NIV)
1 After the king was settled in his palace and the Lord had given him rest from all his enemies around him,
2 he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent.”
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But God said to him. “I am going to put a special grace on your son Solomon’s life to build the temple.”
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The name Solomon comes from the Hebrew word shalom which means peace.
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Insecurity – I am not good enough
Excuse – I will just let other people do it.
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1 Chronicles 22:1–5 (NIV)
1 Then David said, “The house of the Lord God is to be here, and also the altar of burnt offering for Israel.”
2 So David gave orders to assemble the foreigners residing in Israel, and from among them he appointed stonecutters to prepare dressed stone for building the house of God.
3 He provided a large amount of iron to make nails for the doors of the gateways and for the fittings, and more bronze than could be weighed.
4 He also provided more cedar logs than could be counted, for the Sidonians and Tyrians had brought large numbers of them to David.
5 David said, “My son Solomon is young and inexperienced, and the house to be built for the Lord should be of great magnificence and fame and splendor in the sight of all the nations. Therefore I will make preparations for it.” So David made extensive preparations before his death.
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A heart for God’s house doesn’t sit still—it starts serving.
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2. We invest generously in God’s House
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1 Chronicles 22:7 (NIV)
David said to Solomon: “My son, I had it in my heart to build a house for the Name of the Lord my God.”
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The Hebrew word for heart is Lev — It is the place of passion and desire.
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1 Chronicles 22:7 (NIV)
“David said to Solomon: “My son, I had a passion and desire to build a house for the Name of the Lord my God.”
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Matthew 6:21 (NIV)
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
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Meaning: Finances follow your loves, passions, and desires.
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1 Chronicles 22:14 (NIV)
“I have taken great pains to provide for the temple of the Lord a hundred thousand talents of gold, a million talents of silver, quantities of bronze and iron too great to be weighed, and wood and stone. And you may add to them.”
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A talent was about 75lbs
Price of Gold per oz as of yesterday - $4,267.90
$512,148,000,000
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Some scholars say this was probably included David’s entire personal treasury that it was a sacrificial gift that would have led to a significant lifestyle change.
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1 Chronicles 22:14 (NIV)
“I have taken great pains to provide”
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1 Chronicles 29:1–3 (NIV)
1 The task is great, because this palatial structure is not for man but for the Lord God.
2 With all my resources I have provided for the temple of my God—gold for the gold work, silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron and wood for the wood, as well as onyx for the settings, turquoise, stones of various colors, and all kinds of fine stone and marble—all of these in large quantities.
3 Besides, in my devotion to the temple of my God I now give my personal treasures of gold and silver for the temple of my God, over and above everything I have provided for this holy temple.
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1. I want to give because it’s for God and about His house.
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2. I want to give my first and my best.
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1 Chronicles 29:2 (NIV)
“With all my resources I have provided for the temple of my God”
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Malachi 3:10
“Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house...and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven...”
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3. I want to give beyond what’s comfortable.
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1 Chronicles 29:3 (NIV)
now give my personal treasures of gold and silver for the temple of my God, over and above everything I have provided for this holy temple.
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4. I want to give to reach and disciple the next generation.
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Proverbs 13:22
A good person leaves an inheritance for their children’s children.
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5. I want to give because everything I have is on loan from God and He will bless me!
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1 Chronicles 29:14
“Who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? Everything comes from you.”
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When I build God’s house, God builds my life.
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Because of His generosity to the house of God Israel experiences one of the most financially
blessed periods in its entire history under Solomon.
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3. We use our influence to build God’s house
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1 Chronicles 29:1&5 (NIV)
Then King David turned to the entire assembly and said ... who will follow my example and give offerings to the Lord today?
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When I use my influence, it multiplies impact
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