Face Time with God

2 Chronicles 7:11-22

(Use the link below to read the verses.)

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Chronicles%207%3A11-22&version=NIV;NLT

 

 



Without even trying to remember, can you quote a line from a movie you’ve seen before? See if you can remember any of the lines below without looking at the answers at the bottom of the screen.

 

     “I’ll be back.”

     “You can't handle the truth!”

     “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.”

 

The people of Israel were notorious for forgetting, not a line from a movie, but the Lord. Time and again, the Lord sent judges, prophets and kings to lead His people back to Him. That was the background of 2 Chronicles. After completing the construction of the Temple, the Lord spoke to Solomon.

 

¹² Then one night the Lord appeared to Solomon and said, “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this Temple as the place for making sacrifices… ¹⁴ Then if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven and will

forgive their sins and restore their land.            NLT

 

Building the Temple was a big deal because it was believed to be the house of God, not just in a metaphorical sense, but in a literal sense. When the Lord told Solomon he had chosen his Temple, he was saying that he would reside in the Temple where people could come into his presence and worship him.

 

For us, Solomon’s Temple is an object lesson. When we have faith in Christ and follow him, our bodies are his temple where he lives. The question is, will we remember or forget to humble ourselves before the Lord; to seek His face; to turn from our sin?

 

It’s ironic that I can remember a line from a movie from twenty, thirty or even fifty years ago; but too often, I forget to turn to the Lord and seek His face. That’s why it’s important for me to go to the “Temple” to spend some face time with God.

 

Here's a link for Luke 10:38-42.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=luke+10%3A38-42&version=NIV;NLT

 

 

Answers for movie lines above:

Arnold Schwarzenegger in the 1984 “Terminator”

Jack Nicholson in the 1992 movie “A Few Good Men”.

Clark Gable in the 1939 movie “Gone with the Wind”.