Calling Out to God #30

In II Chronicles 6 we find King Solomon doing a very public thing: dedicating the Temple for the worship of the LORD.  In chapter 7, he, along with the leader and people witnessed when fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the Lord filled the temple. Besides all the music, speeches and sacrifices, there was a week-long feast, then a solemn assembly before God. He then sent everyone home. That night, God did a very private thing: 

12 Then the Lord appeared to Solomon in the night and said to him: “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for myself as a house of sacrifice.13 When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command the locust to devour the land, or send pestilence among my people, 14 if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land. 15 Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayer that is made in this place. 16 For now I have chosen and consecrated this house that my name may be there forever. My eyes and my heart will be there for all time. 

God heard Solomon's prayer, requesting God's presence and blessing on His people. God says: "It's nice of you to ask. Now here is what I choose to do. I choose to be here. I choose to watch and wait and listen and always be available. I also choose to remind you I am here when my people choose to forget me; I choose to do things to get your attention when they go astray; I choose to either withhold or pour out My mercy on the basis of your response. The ball will be in your court. What will you choose to do? Pray or stay away?