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

When King Solomon dedicated the Temple which he had had built, he offered a prayer and a short sermon.  In his prayer, Solomon acknowledged that God will not be limited to a single building or place, that not even heaven can fully contain God.  In praying this way Solomon was acknowledging that God can be found everywhere by everyone.  Solomon prayed that whenever anyone cried out to God with a humble and repentant heart that God would hear them and act.  Further, he asked that God hear not just the prayers of the Israelites, the descendants of Jacob, but those of anyone who called on God’s name.  In his prayer and the short sermon which followed, Solomon asked that God turn our hearts to Him, causing us to follow the commands which He has given to us.  We should desire to do these things so as to lead all people to that the Lord is God and that there is no other god.  Let us ask God the same things which King Solomon asked of Him: that He hear the prayers of those who call out to Him and act to relieve them of their suffering when they confess and repent of their sins.

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