Song # 1089.1 from Our Gospel In Song Collection by Col Johnston. In the Book of 2 Chronicles we read in chapter 7 that the Lord appeared to Solomon.
When Solomon had finished the temple of the Lord and the royal palace, and had succeeded in carrying out all he had in mind to do in the temple of the Lord and in his own palace (2 Chronicles 7:11), the Lord appeared to him at night and said “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for myself as a temple for sacrifices” (2 Chronicles 7:12). “Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place” (2 Chronicles 7:15). “I have chosen and consecrated this temple so that my Name may be there for ever. My eyes and my heart will always be there” (2 Chronicles 7:16). “As for you, if you walk before me as David your father did, and do all I command, and observe my decrees and laws” (2 Chronicles 7:17), “I will establish your royal throne, as I covenanted with David your father when I said ‘You shall never fail to have a man to rule over Israel’” (2 Chronicles 7:18). “But if you turn away and forsake the decrees and commands I have given you and go off to serve other gods and worship them” (2 Chronicles 7:19), “then I will uproot Israel from my land, which I have given them, and will reject this temple which I have consecrated in my Name. I will make it a byword and an object of ridicule among all peoples” (2 Chronicles 7:20). “And though this temple is now so imposing, all who pass by will be appalled and say ‘Why has the Lord done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’” (2 Chronicles 7:21). “People will answer ‘Because they have forsaken the Lord, the God of their fathers, who brought them out of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshipping and serving them - that is why He brought all this disaster on them’” (2 Chronicles 7:22).
Thought for today: your love for God can change the world, but don’t let the world change your love for God.
Thought for the future: the heart of prayer, is our prayer from the heart. Where will you spend your eternity?