WHY AM I HERE?

 

WHY AM I HERE?

I Chron. 28:10 “So take this seriously, the LORD has chosen you to build a Temple as his sanctuary. Be strong and do the work.”

King David was about to die and he was passing the torch onto his son, Solomon. David had planned to build a Temple for the Lord, but the Lord told him he was not the one to do it since he was a man who had taken many lives in his wars. Solomon was the one who would build it. David was giving his son some encouragement and was passing on the responsibility for the Temple to him. There are some important lessons we can learn from David’s charge to Solomon.

We are to build and not tear down. This is a very important lesson for us to learn today. On a personal level, we are given some guidance by the Apostle Paul in Col. 3:1-17. There Paul tells us about things that we first put out of our lives. Anything that hinders you from becoming all that you can be in Christ must go. 3-11 What is keeping you from growing in your faith? What must you get rid of in order for you to reach your potential in Christ? In verses 12-17, Paul tells us some things to add to our lives. Basically, anything that helps us to grow in Christ should be a part of our lives. Are you striving to help yourself grow in faith? Are you feeding your soul properly? Are you surrounding your soul with godly influences? Are you spending adequate time alone with God in worship and fellowship? Are you serving the Lord as you should be?

Publicly, are you building others up or tearing them down? Rom. 12:9-21; I John 3:17-24 There are clearly things that we should not be doing. We should not think more highly of ourselves than we ought. We are no better than anyone else. We are servants, not masters. We are all on equal footing before God. We must not see others as objects. We must treat others with respect. We must be kind to one another. We must exercise grace to all without being judgmental. We must love one another. We must never be found guilty of character assassination.

We are here to be a part of the solution, not the problem. We are to build and not tear down. We can only be who God created and designed us to be when we live submissively to Christ, letting Him be Lord of our lives.