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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 2 of 5
2 Chronicles 6:1-11
Solomon, before the gathering of all the people, praises the God of Israel and recalls His acts of grace, as well as explaining the reasons why the temple had been built.
The king’s desire was to turn the hearts of the people towards the LORD. Let us think of the One who could say, from the other side of death: "I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee" (Psalms 22:22). Sometimes we are afraid to address God in our prayers. We believe that we will find greater understanding and love in the Lord Jesus. Is this not a lack of confidence in the God of love? "For the Father himself loveth you" the Lord confirms to His disciples (John 16:27). Christ desires that we know His Father as He knows Him. However, the cross was necessary in order to establish that relationship. Moreover His very first words to His own after His resurrection were: "I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God" (John 20:17). Now that the work of redemption has been accomplished we are no longer dealing with a formidable God, a Judge who has to be appeased or moved to pity. To us, God is now our Father whom we can approach without fear in the name of the Lord Jesus.
