Today, I am reading and commenting on 1 Kings 8.

There were several things which I thought about writing for today’s passage.  I decided that the things I wanted to write about come from Solomon’s prayers of blessing over the temple.  The first things I wanted to write about come from the portion where Solomon was asking God to bless the temple.  Solomon asked that when God’s people are suffering bad things because of their sin, but repent of their sins, turn to God, and beg His forgiveness that God give them that forgiveness and rescue them from their suffering.  The other thing Solomon asked of God that I wanted to highlight was that when people who are not already one of God’s people comes to God and makes a request that God fulfill that request so that people everywhere might come to worship and honor God.  These are prayers which we know God will answer and has answered time and again.

The other thing I wanted to write about comes from Solomon’s benediction to his prayer.  Solomon prayed that not one word had failed from the promises which God made to His people through Moses.  And I want us to think about the fact that not one word has failed from the promises which God has made to His people ever.  God has promised to be with each and every one of us in the troubles we face, and He will redeem us from those troubles if we put our faith in Him.

I use the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.