David looked out of his palace and saw that the abode for the presence of God was housed in a tent. How could he live in a palace when God’s house was a tent? He wanted to honor the Lord. He would not build the temple, but he collected most of the materials so that his son, Solomon, could build the temple. David provided tons and tons of gold, silver, iron, precious gems, and wood for the building of the temple, the house of the Lord God. All the officials and people gave willing. They collected a fortune to build the temple. Then David realized and declared that everything comes from God.

   …for everything in heaven and earth is yours. Yours, O Lord, is the kingdom; (1 Chronicles 29:11b NIV).

   But who am I, and who are my people, That we should be able to offer so willingly as this? For all things come from You, And of Your own we have given You” (1 Chronicles 29:14 NKJV).

   We are a blessed people and we need to know that everything we have comes from God. Everything in heaven and earth belongs to God. We live on this earth a few short years and we don’t take anything with us when we die. The only thing that will matter is accepting Jesus as Savior so that we can go to heaven, and God provided a Savior for us. So everything comes from God, and everything belongs to God!

God Bless

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