1 Chronicles 29:10-12:"David praised the Lord in the presence of the whole assembly, saying, 'Praise be to You, Lord, the God of our father Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Yours, Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendor, for everything in heaven and earth is Yours. Yours, Lord, is the Kingdom; You are exalted as head over all. Wealth and honor come from You; You are the ruler of all things. In Your hands are strength and power to exalt and give strength to all.'"
This is David's dedication of the Temple in Jerusalem. A massive structure built as God's residing place over Israel but also to act as a testimony to God's power and provision. This could have quite easily been a speech to the glory of Israel for building such a huge and beautiful building but David, instead, turned his attention on God. He fixed his gaze not on what they had accumulated but on the God who had provided it. I think we could take a hint from this passage. Read it again and let it sink in. Amen.
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