In I Chronicles 29:19 King David prayed for his son, “And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep your commandments, testimonies, and your statutes, and to do all these things, and to build a palace, for which I have made provision.
Then in 1 Kings 5:3-5 Solomon begins the task of building the temple, “You know how my father David could not build a house for the name of the Lord his God because of the wars which were fought against him on every side, until the Lord put his foes under the soles of his feet. But now the Lord my God has given me rest on every side; there is neither adversary nor evil occurrence. And behold, I propose to build a house for the name of the Lord my God, as the Lord spoke to my father David, saying, “Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place, he shall build the house for My name.”
King David had a desire to build the temple for the Lord to dwell in. However he was not able to build it because of wars surrounding him. So he made preparation for his son Solomon to build it. Solomon was glad to carry out this desire his dad had. Solomon spent 7 years building the temple for the Lord. This made his dad glad!!
Just as David made preparation for Solomon to build the temple for God to dwell in, fathers are to make provision for their children to build a temple. I Corinthians 3:16 points out that God desires to live in us now, “Don’t you know that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you.” Then children are to take the provision of instruction and training in the Word from their fathers and build their lives to be a dwelling place for God. This should make a glad dad (3 John 1:4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in Truth.)
Make your dad glad by walking in Truth. Make your children’s dad glad by leading them to walk in Truth!
