II Chronicles 2:
5 The house that I am to build will be great, for our God is greater than all gods. 6 But who is able to build him a house, since heaven, even highest heaven, cannot contain him? Who am I to build a house for him, except as a place to make offerings before him?
Solomon, in all of his wisdom, got it right. He was entrusted with an awesome, even impossible task - building a temple for the One True God. How can you build a box big enough to contain the infinite Creator and sustainer of all things? How can you make it glorious enough to even reflect His glory, let alone be worthy of it? Solomon goes on to make plans to include the best materials, designed by the most renowned craftsman of his day, sparing no expense or investment of time, to do the impossible. It cannot be done, but it was. The same is true of our lives - we cannot live worthy lives for God apart from Him. Our best does not cut it , yet that is what we are called on to do. We are not to "give up", but to press on, knowing that in and of ourselves we will never be enough, but that by His grace in Christ, He accepts us and transforms us. As Solomon says here, we are to be the place of His offerings: "Take my life, Lord, and do as you see fit. It's all I have, and you can do great things with it."
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