His Blessing is in the Details

Then David gave his son Solomon the plans for the vestibule, its houses, its treasuries, its upper chambers, its inner chambers, and the place of the mercy seat; and the plans for all that he had by the Spirit, of the courts of the house of the LORD, of all the chambers all around, of the treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries for the dedicated things;
(1Ch 28:11-12)

And in the eleventh year, in the month of Bul, which is the eighth month, the house was finished in all its details and according to all its plans. So he was seven years in building it. (1Ki 6:38)


Solomon had the daunting task of building a temple to God's detailed specifications. And yet, he faithfully saw to it that the temple was finished per those detailed specifications.



Under the New Covenant, we are the temple of God.

Do you not know that you (plural) are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? (1Co 3:16)

having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone, in whom the whole building, being fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit. (Eph 2:20-22)

And God has given the details on how the New Covenant temple is to be built.

And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen. (Mat 28:18-20)

All the details are important. We have had a number of people in their sixties and seventies talking with me about getting immersed and confessing Christ in the waters of baptism. It is never to too late to get the details right. One gentleman in his seventies who committed his life to Christ in 1941, and who has been married for over fifty years, was recently immersed because he felt that God wanted him to get that detail right.

Many of you had parents that dedicated you to the Lord when you were babies. But have you gotten the details down as you have gotten old enough to understand what God requries? Whether you have never personally committed your life to Christ, whether you have never personally confessed Christ publicly in the waters of baptism, whether you have never personally used your giftings to serve the family of Christ, . . . it is never too late to get the details done right.

God has special and detailed plans for our lives. There is great blessing waiting for each of us in the details!

Yours in Him,
Pastor B.