Random Thoughts: 1 Chronicles 17:1-2

Now when David lived in his house, David said to Nathan the prophet, "Behold, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under a tent." And Nathan said to David, "Do all that is in your heart, for God is with you." 1 Chronicles 17:1-2

What is in my heart?
David was grieved to see that he lived in a better house than did the ark of the covenant. In the preceeding chapter David let loose a litany of praise to God ...

"Splendor and majesty are before him,
Strength and joy are in his place.

Ascribe to the Lord, O clans of the peoples,
Ascribe to the Lord glory and strength
Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name"

David had ascribed to the Lord the glory due his name in word ... and now he desired to magnify the majesty of God by making for Him a glorious temple. There was a discrepancy in the splendor of his house and the splendor of God's tent, and he wanted to change that.

No Word, No glory
There is another discrepancy that I see. There are millions of people who do not have the Word of God in their own heart language. Their hearts are darkened and the Spirit of God does not dwell in these "temples." Yet here I am in a sea of Bible versions and translations ... this is cannot be.

Lord, my heart is for your splendor and majesty. Oh that I may do what is in my heart because you are with me. May it be so, O God of heaven and earth. May I magnify your glory and spread a passion for the supremacy of God in all things for the joy of all peoples through Jesus Christ.

I do not want to waste my life. Grant my heart's desire (Ps 37:4).