Song # 1088.1 from Our Gospel In Song Collection by Col Johnston. We read in the Book of 2 Chronicles in chapter 5 that Solomon completed the building of the Temple of the Lord in Jerusalem, on Mount Moriah.
When all the work Solomon had done for the temple of the Lord was finished, he brought in the things his father David had dedicated - the silver and gold and all the furnishings - and he placed them in the treasuries of God’s temple (2 Chronicles 5:1). Then Solomon summoned to Jerusalem the elders of Israel, all the heads of the tribes and the chiefs of the Israelite families, to bring up the ark of the Lord’s covenant from Zion, the City of David (2 Chronicles 5:2). And all the men of Israel came together to the king at the time of the festival in the seventh month (2 Chronicles 5:3). When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the Levites took up the ark (2 Chronicles 5:4), and they brought up the ark and the Tent of Meeting and all the sacred furnishings in it. The priests, who were Levites, carried them up (2 Chronicles 5:5). The priests then brought the ark of the Lord’s covenant to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, and put it beneath the wings of the cherubim (2 Chronicles 5:7). The cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and covered the ark and its carrying poles (2 Chronicles 5:8). There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the Lord made a covenant with the Israelites after they came out of Egypt (2 Chronicles 5:10). The priests then withdrew from the Holy Place (2 Chronicles 5:11). All the Levites who were musicians, stood on the east side of the altar, dressed in fine linen and playing cymbals, harps and lyres. They were accompanied by 120 priests sounding trumpets (2 Chronicles 5:12). The trumpeters and singers joined in unison, as with one voice, to give praise and thanks to the Lord. Accompanied by trumpets, cymbals and other instruments, they raised their voices in praise to the Lord and sang: “He is good, His love endures for ever” (2 Chronicles 5:13).
Thought for today: one of God’s greatest presents, is His presence in our life.
Thought for the future: the more we look to heaven, the less we need on earth. Where will you spend your eternity?