II Chronicles 2:6
But who is able to build a temple for
him, since the heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain him? When then am I to build a temple for him,
except as a place to burn sacrifices before him?
I suspect that if we really, truly understood the greatness
of God, it would change our perspective on our regular visits to His house for
worship. Yes, the church is just a building,
but it is a place that should remind us of God and of God’s greatness and
majesty. Even though Solomon was
building as majestic a building as he possible could, he also was being
reminded of God’s glory and of His greatness an din doing so he was also
reminded of his inability to contain God in any way. All he could really do was provide a place to
worship this great God. His understanding
of God’s greatness, and his appreciation of that, was the starting point for
his building plans. It was not the
pleasing of the worshippers even though in the end the worshippers were pleased
and uplifted by what they saw in the building.
I wonder if that kind of planning would change how churches are planned
these days…
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