1 Crônicas 28

1 Crônicas 28

Guzik - David essentially told Solomon, “The secret of my success has been my relationship with God. You need to pursue the same relationship.” and a willing mind - Willing to obey God's ordinances and not willing to obey the fallen flesh. The Hebrew word for willing (chaphets) has nuances which include delighting in or having pleasure in. I love that word picture. David is not commanding Solomon to carry this out legalistically but lovingly! As Jesus would later say, if you love Me, you will keep (obey, observe) My commandments. One recalls the words of Psalm 1:2 (possibly written by David) describing the blessed man of Ps 1:1 declaring that "his delight is in the law of the LORD." THOUGHT - This explanation begs the question - do you (I) truly delight in the law of the LORD? Or do we find it burdensome and restrictive? In truth it is actually liberating for James 1:25+ writes "one who looks intently at the perfect law, the law of liberty (LAW OF WHAT?), and abides by it, not having become a forgetful hearer but an effectual doer, this man will be blessed in what he does." Read Ps 119:97, 113, 163, 165. Oh for grace to love God's law and experience the freedom of obedience! for - Term of explanation. What is David explaining in context? God is omniscient and this should motivate us to know and serve Him. The LORD searches all hearts, and understands every intent of the thoughts - Service that is mechanical and routine is of little value. God was searching for those with pure motives. Even as He had searched the hearts of Jesse's sons (cf 1Sa 16:7), He continually searches every man and woman's heart (Jer 17:10). He knows every secret thought, where it is verbalized or not. For the eyes of the LORD move to and fro throughout the earth that He may strongly support those whose heart is completely His. You have acted foolishly in this. Indeed, from now on you will surely have wars.” -- 2 Chronicles 16:9 Utley on "the Lord searches all hearts, and understands every intent of the thoughts" This is imagery of God's sovereign knowledge of all things (cf. 1 Sam. 2:3; 16:7; 1 Kgs. 8:29; 2 Chr. 6:30; Ps 7:9; 33:15; 44:21; 139:1-4; Pr 15:11; 21:2; 24:12; Jer. 11:20; 17:9-10; 20:12; Luke 16:15; Acts 1:24; 15:8; Rom. 8:27). No one informs YHWH about anything! (Play Pure Heat by Craig Smith) Holy Spirit, think through me till Your ideas are my ideas. Amen Utley on "If you seek Him, He will let you find Him" What a wonderful combination of free will and Divine sovereignty (cf. Deut. 4:29; 2 Chr. 7:14; 15:2,4,15; Jer. 29:13). For the Chronicler "seek" (BDB 205, KB 233) is a way to denote faithful followers (cf. 1 Chr. 16:10-11; Zeph. 2:3; NIDOTTE, vol. 1, p. 997). If - Another (cf 1Ch 28:7) conditional statement in David's instruction to Solomon. You seek Him, He will let you find Him Jeremiah 29:13 echoes David's words promising to the nation of Israel ‘You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart." This also reminds one of Isa 55:6 "Seek the LORD while He may be found; Call upon Him while He is near." but - Term of contrast and one with dramatic consequences. If - Introduces a conditional statement. You forsake Him, He will reject you forever - To forsake God is to make an active choice to in essence reject Him! There is no middle ground. Either we are for Him or against Him. Reject you forever is not easy to understand (IMO). I personally think Solomon was a saved man who got entangled in sin and backslid his way out of this life. Guzik - Both of these (seek and forsake) proved true in the life of Solomon. When Solomon sought the LORD at Gibeon, he definitely found Him (1 Kings 3:1-15). When Solomon forsook God, he was in some sense cast…off (1 Kings 11:1-13). Martin Selman - Solomon’s response, typical of humanity, was inconsistent. Though he did seek God (2 Chronicles 1:5), it was not with a ‘whole heart’ and his divided devotion led ultimately to a divided kingdom.” (Borrow 1 Chronicles : an introduction and commentary) Whole (08003) shalem is an adjective which describes something that is full, whole, made ready, perfected, complete. The Hebrew root sh-l-m implies completion, fulfillment, an entering into a state of wholeness and unity. Beloved, considering that there are 14 uses (>50%) of the adjective shalem in passages dealing with the heart (the "control center" of a our being - see see kardia) it would behoove each of us to read over these Scriptures (see list on this page) prayerfully pondering (meditating) in our own heart (doing a spiritual checkup as to our "heart condition") how we are relating to the LORD God Almighty. Is the condition of our heart one of "shalem" toward God? If the Spirit convicts us of sin (missing the mark of God's will for our life), then may He also strengthen us in our inner man with the will ("want to") and the power (Php 2:13NLT+) so that we may be enabled to repent and return to Jehovah and experience the times of refreshing found only in our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. The Septuagint translates shalem in 1Ch 28:9 with teleios from telos = an end, a purpose, an aim, a goal) means complete, mature, fully developed, full grown, brought to its end, finished, wanting nothing necessary to completeness, in good working order. Notice the uses on this page in the Septuagint (Lxx) where teleios is used several times to describe a heart that is wholly devoted (Heb = shalem). This begs the question beloved "Is my heart teleios? Would God describe me as wholly devoted to Him? Or have become like Solomon, who began "wholly devoted" but ended his race not "wholly devoted?" HAVE YOU HAD A "HEART CHECKUP" RECENTLY? OR HAVE YOU HAD A STRESS TEST RECENTLY! Willing (desiring) (02654) chaphets means to have pleasure, to have favor, to be pleased, to feel great favor towards something and to desire and/or be willing to do something not by force implying voluntary choice. In the OT the idea of delight means much more than merely ‘to long for’ but in Hebrew psychology the whole personality was involved in delight. The idea includes a longing for something that promises enjoyment or satisfaction.