It was early one late summer day in Israel when the ark was picked up. It had sat in a tent that King David had erected as a shelter that would be near his dwelling for a number of years. Now the work on the temple that David had dreamed about was completed and Solomon finished the task of moving the ark of God’s covenant into its place at the heart of the temple. It was a wonderful celebration in Jerusalem that began on the day the ark was moved and lasted for a whole week. But what was happening around the globe? Was there a strange hush in the forests of Europe? Did the Chinese people sense any change in the appearance of the darkening sky? Were the natives of the Americas disturbed in their sleep by an unusual feeling? Did the herdsmen of Asia find their flocks unsettled? As Solomon lifted up his voice to God he closed his prayer with the plea that God is using the church to answer. “..that all the peoples of the earth my know that the LORD is God; there is no other.” (2 Kings 8:60) Have we Christians heard that prayer? Are we open the God as he works through us to bring a positive answer to Solomon’s request?
It took me about 20 minutes to read these two chapters.
Stuart
"Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer." Paul of Tarsus
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